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A private letter from Dioskourides to his father Pathermouthis, explaining that he must stay where he is because of work on the farm and cannot visit. He asks his father to send his sister with the letter-carrier and to send him a little goat, and sends greetings to his mother and the family.
The word translated 'may the evil eye spare them' (abaskanta) is a common protective epithet for children in letters of this period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Dioskurides a Patermuthos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Διοσκουρίδης Παθερμούθῳ τῷ πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. […]ν……σοι εὐωχοῦμεν […]δο… προσβαίνω ἐν τῷ […]…… καὶ προσδοκῶμεν […]…[…]…ε…την. καὶ χρεία μου […] ἐνθάδε παραμεῖναι καὶ ὅτι […]αι… ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ οὐ σχολάζω πρὸς σὲ ἐλθεῖν. πέμψεις μου τὴν ἀδελφὴν διὰτοῦ ἀναδιδομένου σοι ταῦτα …
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