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Letter from Sarapammon to his brother Andronikos about goods sent through Psais TM 30435OxyrhynchitesIII

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A private letter from Sarapammon to his brother Andronikos, acknowledging receipt of a letter and a basket of salted fish, loaves, a perfume flask and papyrus sheets sent via Psais, and sending back a box of old wine at the request of his father Lamystes. The latter part is badly damaged; it comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome in the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Sarapammon to Andronikos his brother, many greetings. I received your letter through Psais. I learned that you are in good health together with all our people. I also received from the same Psais the little basket containing 5 salted fish and 4 clean (loaves?) and a little perfume flask and 2 small sheets of papyrus. So receive from the same Psais 1 small box of good very old wine, at the request of my father Lamystes. You will burden me greatly about the three(?) [...] that I will hesitate(?). I am sending you [...] that I have not found the [...] I wrote to you once and twice about this [...] a camel-driver with you and [...] me [...] 3 [...] we have toiled(?) [...] and [...] Write to the father [...] perhaps you can [...] festival [...] send [...] [margin] Greet warmly also all our people. I pray for your health(?) [...] [verso] [...] Andronikos [...]

"Brother" may be a term of affection rather than a literal kinship term. The word rendered "clean (loaves?)" is just "clean ones" in the Greek; the item is not specified.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Sarapammon to Andronicus). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Oxyrhynchites

[r,ctr] Σαραπάμμων Ἀνδρονίκῳ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. ἐκομισάμην σου γράμματα διὰ Ψαεις. ἔγνων σε ὁλοκληροῦντα μετὰ τῶν ἡμῶν πάντων. ἐκομισάμην δὲ παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ψαεις τὸ σφυρίδιον ἔχον ταρίχους ε καὶ καθαροὺς δ καὶ μυράφιον καὶ χαρτάρια β. κόμισον οὖν παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ψαεις οἴνου προ…