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Letter from Agathos to his brother Phanias about their mother TM 30341OxyrhynchosIII

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A private letter from Agathos to his brother Phanias, thanking him for news about their mother and urging him to look after her until she is better. Agathos explains he cannot come himself because he is alone handling the grain loading. Third century AD, Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[recto] Agathos to Phanias his brother, very many greetings. You did well to inform me about our mother, but you will do better by attending to her until she is no longer troubled. I have written about this to the superior (?). I myself also, though wishing to come up, have not been able, being alone at the loading (of the grain). I pray for your health. [verso] To Phanias […] from Agathos his brother.

The embole was the loading of tax grain for shipment to Alexandria; 'the superior' (hegoumenos) may be his employer or an official in charge.

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 Agathus to Phanias). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.42.3082

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Ἄγαθος Φανίᾳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. καλῶς μὲν ἐποίησας δηλώσας μοι περὶ τῆς μητρός, κρεῖττον δὲ ποιήσεις ἐπιστὰς ἔστʼ ἂν μὴ ἐπὶ πλέον ἐνοχληθῇ· ἔγραψα δὲ περὶ τούτου τῷ ἡγουμένῳ. καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ἀνελθεῖν βουλόμενος οὐ δεδύνημαι μόνος ἐν τῇ ἐμβολῇ ὤν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v…