Letter of Maximos to Alexas about fish and prices TM 29684RaimaMitte II

Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon addressed to a 'brother', probably Alexas, mentioning fish worth two or three staters, an iron object, and a request to report a price. It was written by Maximos at the Roman station of Raima in the Eastern Desert in the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

A familiaris (Greek phameliarios) was a servant or attendant belonging to a household or military staff. The addressee's name Alexas is restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.