One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31062

Fragments of a letter mentioning oil, a flask and shoes TM 31062Memphis (?)1. Hälfte III

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Two fragments of a Greek private letter, apparently from an Aurelius to Ammonios, mentioning oil, a large flask, shoes and children. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD and may come from Memphis.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] […] very many greetings […] […] of […]chaios (?) son of Porphyrios […] […] […] jars (?) of the oil […] […] of them; for not only these […] […] was handed over and you the […] […] into the large flask […] […] not lying as security (?) […] […] unless […] […] [Fragment B] […] Aurelius […] to Ammonios […] […] is […] […] […] in the name of […] […] use (?), bring […] […] and procure […] […] and the shoes […] […] of the children […] […] with […] […]

The provenance is uncertain. Whether the two fragments belong to the same letter, and the restoration of the addressee's name Ammonios, are not certain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 1. Hälfte III · Memphis (?)

[FrA] […]οι πλεῖστα χαίρειν […] […]χαιου Πορφυρίου ω[…] […]…ο…στατη[…] […]κκομας τοῦ ἐλαίου εστε[…] […] αὐτῶν· οὐ γὰρ αὐτὰ μόνα […] […]ις ἀποδόθη καὶ σὺ τὰ […] […] εἰς τὴν μεγάλην λήκυθον[…] […]…ιν μὴ ὑποκειμένην […] […]νουσι εἰ μὴ πω[…] [… ? lines lost …] [FrB] […] Αὐρήλιος Ἀμμω…