o.claud.2.302
[…]…νης Τιθόητι […]τῷἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σοι ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ Πορφυρίτου […] τὸ σφυρίδιν[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29715
Letter to Tithoes mentioning a basket TM 29715Mons PorphyritesMitte II
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Beginning of a private letter on an ostracon from someone whose name ends in -nes to his "brother" Tithoes. The writer says he makes obeisance for him before the Fortune (Tyche) of Porphyrites and mentions a little basket. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD and comes from Mons Porphyrites in the Eastern Desert.
In English machine translation
[…]…nes to Tithoes,
[…] his brother, many greetings.
I make obeisance for you
[before the] Fortune of Porphyrites
[…] the little basket […]
[… ? lines lost …]
The proskynema is a customary greeting formula in which the writer says he prays for the addressee before a deity, here the Tyche (Fortune) of the quarry settlement of Porphyrites. "Brother" may be a term of familiarity 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 Lettre à Tithoès). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.