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A private letter from a woman named Ptolema to her mother Chenatymis, reporting that her father (perhaps her master or patron) has freed her and asking her mother to thank him. She also mentions food received and sent, and asks whether her sister has given birth and whether the baby is a boy or a girl.
The 'father' who freed Ptolema may be her biological father, who owned her as a slave, or a master addressed as father; the text does not say which. Katharia are loaves of fine, clean bread.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Ptolema to her Mother Chenatymis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Πτολέμα Χενατύμι τῇ μητρὶ χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, εὐχαριστῶ μου τὸν πατέρα ὅσα ἐπʼ εὐπρέπειαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρεπόντως αὐτῷ καὶ τῇ τύχῃ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ὅλου, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα τῆς κυρίας Ἴσιδος. ἴσθι ἐλευθέραν με ἐποίησεν, ὅθ…
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