One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30356

Fragmentary letter to a sister mentioning Isidoras and Salutarius TM 30356unbekanntIII - Anfang IV

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Two fragments of a private letter from a woman to her 'sister', mentioning a letter of Salutarius, children, a tin object and a woman named Isidoras. Other persons named include Sidonius, Atres, Kalouris and Pabythes; the letter ends with a health wish and a date in Epeiph.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] […] to her sister, very many greetings. […] through a letter of Salutarius […] […] children, when asked, lady […] […] the tin (vessel?) to Isidoras […] […] me that in the clean (?) […] […] after this we perceived […] […] of the wife […] into the […] […] and I […] […] I ask (you) to give back (?) […] […] to Isidoras […] [Fragment B] […] you … me very much (?) […] […] one, lady, give her […] […] so that her and Sidonius' […] […] Atres, Kalouris […] […] I pray for (your) health […] […] of Pabythes the lord […] […] Epeiph 21 (?) […]

The word 'sister' may be an affectionate form of address rather than a literal relationship. The numeral after Epeiph is uncertain.

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.

p.ifao.2.48

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

[FrA] […] τῆι ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. […]ησησαμου διʼ ἐπιστολῆς Σαλουταρίου[…] […]α παιδία ἐρωτηθεῖσα κυρία […] […]ην κασσιτερίνην Ἰσιδώρατ[…] […]ι μοι ὅτι ἐν τῇ καθαρᾶι …[…] […]ια μετὰ ταῦτα ᾐσθόμεθα […] […]γυναικὸς ν[…]…ματον εἰς τὸν […] […]χ[…]ειται καὶ ἐγὼ καν…[…] […]…ους ἐρω…