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Letter from Patrempabathes to Dionysios about cabbages sent with Eirenaios TM 29690RaimaMitte II

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Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Patrempabathes to Dionysios, sending greetings and a prayer before Isis, telling him to collect a bundle of cabbages and something else from Eirenaios, and urging him not to neglect earlier instructions. It comes from the area of Mons Claudianus (Raima) in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Patrempabathes to Dionysios […], very many greetings. […] and I make your obeisance before the lady Isis. Receive from Eirenaios a bundle (?) of cabbages and […] 21 (?). Do not neglect what I have told you […] the journey […] […] […]

The sender's name is restored. The "obeisance" (proskynema) is a customary formula of praying for the addressee before a god; the reading "bundle" is a restoration.

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.

o.claud.2.273

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte II · Raima

Πατρεμπαβάθης Διονυσίῳ […] πλεῖστα χαίρειν.[…] καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἴσιδι. κόμισαι παρὰ Εἰρηναίῳ δεσμὴν καυλίων καὶ φ[…] κα· μὴ ἀμέλει περὶ ὧν εἴρηκάσοι[…] τὴν πορείαν[…] μαι […] [… ? lines lost …]