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A private letter from Italicus to his mother and sister, complaining that they have never written about their health despite his letters, and saying he has no clothes. The letter breaks off where he begins a request, and ends with greetings from several people, including Victoria and his brother Stephanos. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
"Naked" (gymnos) in letters usually means lacking proper clothing, not literally unclothed. The mother's name in the address survives only as Perik[…].
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Italicus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r,ctr] κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Ἰταλικὸς χαίρειν. καὶ διὰ Εὐφρανίου ὑμῖν ἔγραψα τὰ κατʼ ἐμὲ ὅπως διάκειμαι, ὑμεῖς δέ μοι οὐδὲ ἅπαξ ἐδηλώσατε περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, ὅπερ καὶ ἂν νῦν ποιήσατε διὰ τῶν ἐρχομένων πρὸς ἡμᾶς. καὶ γὰρ καὶ διὰ γραμμάτων ὑμῖν ἔγραψα ὅτι γυμνός…
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