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A badly damaged private letter of the 3rd century AD addressed to a 'brother'. Only scattered phrases survive, including mention of someone named Tamout[…], an insistence on no delay, and a request to send a double sack.
A 'disakkion' is a double sack or saddlebag. 'Brother' may be a polite form of address rather than a family relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]…μη…[…] […]σην…[…]λους παρα[…] …[…]… καὶ τοὺς […] ἑτέρους ἀπο[…]… …[…] οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶσι υγραπι… … σε ἄδελφε σοφον Ταμουτ… ὑπέρθεσιν μηδεμίαν παι… …… κρατεῖσθαι τούτου ἕνεκεν π… …με…οι αποντ …νε…ν[…]ι χρει… […]…θενε…ς…[…]… καὶ εὐθέως θη…[…] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι ἄδελφέ μου π… …ιομα…
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