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The surviving end of a private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD. The writer asks for news of the family's well-being and whether the landowner has bothered them, plans to come for a festival, sends greetings, and explains that road conditions prevented sending anything; a final line mentions unpaid interest on a pledge since the death of Philoumene.
The beginning of the letter is lost. The 'landowner' (geouchos) is the holder of a large estate; the last line, apparently a postscript, concerns interest on a loan secured by a pledge.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] γράψαι σοι ὅπως ἀντιγράψῃς μοι πρὸ μὲν πάντων περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν καὶ εἰ ὁ γεοῦχος ἠνώχλησεν ὑμῖν. παρατηρήσεις δὲ καὶ τοὺς τοῦ Σαρμάτου ἐρχομένους ἐνθάδε ὅπως διὰ αὐτῶν μοι γράψῃς περὶ ὧν βούλει. σὺν θεῷ δὲ φάναι καὶ ἐγὼ ἥξω πρὸς ὑμᾶς πρὸς τὴν πανηγυρικήν. …
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