p.ifao.2.32
[…]πλεῖστα χαίρειν[…] πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σοι καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ[…] σου Ἀρσινόῃ[…]μετʼ ὅλων τῶν σῶν[…]πολλὰ ἐλθεῖν[…]προσκυνεῖν …[…] υ τοῦ στε[…] κεμοι λ[…] Ἡρακλί[…] θα σοι ζ[…] … ρμε ε[…] …[…]…[…] …λυ…ισα…[…]…χεν[…][…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30351
Fragment of a letter mentioning Arsinoe TM 30351unbekanntAnfang III
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Fragment of a private letter of the early third century AD. After the opening greeting the writer prays for the recipient and for Arsinoe, apparently the recipient's sister, and for the whole household; the rest survives only as scattered words, including a name beginning Herakli-.
In English machine translation
[…] very many greetings […]
Before all else I pray for you and for your sister (?) […] Arsinoe […] with all your people […] much to come […] to do obeisance […]
[…] of the […]
[…] me […]
Herakli[…]
[…] to you […]
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[…]
…[…]…[…]
…[…]…[…]
The word 'sister' is the editor's restoration. 'To do obeisance' probably belongs to the common formula of making the proskynema (an act of worship) on someone's behalf before a god.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.