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Letter from a woman to her sister about a house and a debt TM 30206HermopolitesIII - IV

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A private letter from a woman whose name ends in -line to her 'sister', asking for news, giving instructions about a house and a debt to be collected, and complaining that her sister never writes back. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] To my lady sister, […]line, greetings. Before all else I pray much that you are in full health and well. I greet all your brothers. I write to you and ask you to let me know about the […] and about your safety (?). […] letters […] […] about the house until I come. Finding that he/she owes […] I wrote that she should give […] it is necessary, demand it. I am surprised that you have not written me a single letter, when I have often written to you. Write to me about whatever you want, since I will gladly do it. I pray for your health, my lady sister, for many years. [verso] Deliver to my lady sister, from […]line.

The sender's name survives only as an ending (-line), and the participle 'finding' is feminine, confirming a woman writer. 'Sister' may be a term of affection rather than literal kinship.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

cpr.7.57

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III - IV · Hermopolites

[r] τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ […]λίνη χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλὰ εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου πάντας ἀσπάζομαι. γράφω σοι καὶ ἀξιῶ δηλῶσαί μοι περὶ τῆς … καὶ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας. … γράμματα […]… ο…[…]πο…εσα…ε περὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἕως ἔλθω. εὑρίσκουσα ὅτι ὀφείλει … ἔγρ…