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Fragment of a letter, apparently concerning piglets, a quantity of two hundred and sixty (of something), and a scarcity of some commodity. The writer asks the recipient to send something if he agrees, and closes with the usual farewell. It dates to the AD 3rd-4th century.
The closing lines appear to be in a second hand, probably the sender's own. What was scarce and what was to be sent are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.fuad.i.univ.App_II_297). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[ctr] [… 3 lines lost …] χοιριδίοις …[…] διακοσίας ἑξήκοντα[…] [… 1 line lost …] … τέσσαρας …ω[…] [… 3 lines lost …] …αλλ… τοῖς χοιριδίοις […] τὴν σπάνιν …[…] [m] […]…φας ἐὰν οὖν σοι δοκῇ πέμψον ……[…] […]ης ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
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