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A private letter from Metrodoros to his 'brother' Loukios, probably a fellow soldier, from the Roman fort of Raima in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. He sends 2 matia of wheat through Serapion and asks for pieces of salted fish in return, acknowledging one piece already received and mentioning a bundle of vegetables he sent.
The mation is a small dry measure; temachia are slices of preserved (salted) fish, and syrmadia probably radishes. The proskynema formula refers to the protective goddess (Tyche) of the fort (praesidium).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre à Loukios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μητρόδωρος Λουκίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ τοῦ πραισιδίου. κόμισαι παρὰ Σεραπίωνος φαμιλιαρίου μάτια δύο σίτου καὶ πέμψον μοι αὐτὸν τεμάχια. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε πολλά. ἀσπάζο…
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