p.meyer.36
[v] ἀπόδος παρὰ Δημητρίου. κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ …ῳ. [r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ[…]ῳ Δημήτριος πλεῖστα χαίρειν. [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31291
Address and opening of a letter from Demetrios to his brother TM 31291unbekanntIII - IV
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Remains of a private letter from a man named Demetrios to a man he calls his lord and brother, whose name is lost. Only the address on the back and the opening greeting survive. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[verso]
[Deliver] from [Demetrios].
To my lord brother […]os.
[recto]
[To my lord brother] […]os, Demetrios
[very many greetings].
[… lines lost …]
Calling the recipient "lord brother" is a common polite form of address and need not mean they were actual siblings. The sender's name on the verso is restored from the recto.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.