Private Letter
Beginning of a letter from Isidorus to his brother(?) Pamatas, instructing him to come immediately yo Alexandria
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30516
Letter from Isidoros urging his brother Pamatas to come to the city TM 30516probably Alexandria, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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The beginning of a private letter from Isidoros to Pamatas, whom he calls his brother, urging him to sail down to the city at once before Isidoros leaves on a journey, because he needs him. The letter mentions a quarrel before it breaks off. It dates to the late 3rd century AD and is associated with Alexandria.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Pamatas, Isidoros, very many greetings.
As soon as you receive my letter, make haste to sail down to me to the city before I go abroad, since I have need of you. Do not neglect to come now. And I have had a quarrel with […]
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"Brother" may be a term of affection rather than kinship. "The city" is probably Alexandria, though the records give that place only as probable.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Isidorus to Pamatas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Beginning of a letter from Isidorus
Beginning of a letter from Isidorus to his brother(?) Pamatas, instructing him to come immediately to Alexandria
p.mich.8.516
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Παματᾷ Ἰσίδωρος πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἅμα τῷ λαβεῖν τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα σπούδασον καταπλεῖν μοι εἰς τὴν πόλιν πρὶν ἀποδημήσω, ἐπεὶ χρείαν σου ἔχω. μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἤδη ἐλθεῖν. καὶ ἐχθρίαν ἔσχων μετʼ ε [… ? lines lost …]