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Μάξιμος Ἀλεξᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. γράφεις μοι ὅτι πέμψον μοι φάσιν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς οἶκον. οὔπω φάσις γέγονε. κόμισαι παρὰ Ἱέρακος δέσμην καυλίων. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
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Letter from Maximos to his brother Alexas about news from home and cabbages TM 29682RaimaMitte II
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A short private letter from Maximos to Alexas, whom he calls brother, written on an ostracon from the Roman fort at Raima in the Eastern Desert. Maximos says he has no news from home yet and tells Alexas to collect a bundle of cabbages from Hierax.
In English machine translation
Maximos to Alexas his brother, greetings.
You write to me, "Send me news from those at home." There has been no news yet. Receive from Hierax a bundle of cabbages.
I pray for your health.
This is one of three letters from Maximos to Alexas. Kaulia (literally 'stalks') usually means cabbages in documents of this region, and 'brother' may be a term of friendship rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Trois lettres de Maximos à Alexas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.