Letter from Dioscorus to Isidorus
A letter to Isidorus, presumably the son of Ptolemaeus, from Dioscorus, who addresses him as brother, asking for vegetables.
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Letter from Dioskoros to Isidoros asking for vegetables TM 30623Kom Aushim (Karanis)Late 3rd/early 4th century A.D.
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A short private letter from Dioskoros to Isidoros, whom he calls brother, asking him to load the pack animals that Heronas will bring with vegetables, since Dioskoros is in need of them. It comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Dioskoros to Isidoros his brother, greetings.
Please, when I send Heronas to you with the pack animals, load him up with vegetables, and do not neglect it, because we too are in need.
I pray for your health.
The recipient is presumably Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, whose archive comes from Karanis. 'Brother' may be a term of familiarity rather than a sign of actual kinship.
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 Dioscorus to Isidorus). 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.cair.isid.134
Διόσκορος Ἰσιδώρῳ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐπὰν πέμψω σοι Ἡρωνᾶν ἔχοντα τὰ κτήνη γεμίσῃς αὐτὸν λαχάνου, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ὅτι καὶ ἡμεῖς χρείαν ἔχομεν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.