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A private letter from Serenos to Kerealios, whom he calls brother, sending greetings to his family and listing goods sent with the letter carrier: dates, labelled jars, cooking vessels and kneading-troughs. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Upper Egypt.
The hexachoa and pentadia are jars named for their capacity (six choes, five units); koukoumia are kettle-like vessels and magides kneading-troughs or dishes. 'Brother' may be a courtesy term rather than a family relationship.
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 Serenus). 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] Σερῆνος Κερεαλίῳ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων σε ἀσπάζομαι μετὰ τῶν ἀβασκάντων σου τέκνων καὶ τῆς συμβίου. κόμισον διὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος τὰ γράμματα τὰ δοθέντα Ἀμμωνίῳ φοινίκια καὶ τὰ εὑρεθέντα νῦν ἑξάχοα ἕξ καλοῦ δείγματος ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχοντα εἰς ὄνομά μου, πεντάδια διὰ Ὡρίωνος…
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