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A private letter from Chairemon to his brother Eudaimon, asking him to send their sister to Alexandria with Eudaimon's mother if possible, or to write back if she is unwell and cannot travel. It ends with greetings to Eudaimon's wife and household and a request for a quick reply through his father.
"Brother" and "sister" may be terms of affection rather than literal kinship, though "your mother" and "your father" suggest a family context. The word translated "unwell" (aēdia) can also mean unwillingness or distaste.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Chaeremon to Eudaemon). 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] Χαιρήμων Εὐδαίμονι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, τέλειαν τὴν εὐποιΐανσου ἀποδεῖξαι καὶ πρὸς ὃ βλέπεις. τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν, ἐὰν ἦν μόνη, πᾶν ποίησον πέμψαι αὐτὴν μετὰ τῆς μητρός σου, εἰ δὲ οὐ, ἐν σοὶ γενέσθω. καὶ πρὸς τὸ συνφέρων ἀντίγραψόν μοι. βίασαι δὲ τοῦ αὐτὴν πέμ…
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