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A fragmentary private letter to a man named Horion, addressed as brother, about goods sent by boat through Epiphanios, including 30 dry cheeses, with instructions to pay the boatman's fare, check on an earlier delivery, and sell or keep various items. It dates to the mid-3rd century AD and comes from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
The contents of the 2 sacks and the second item counted as 13 are lost in the gaps. "Brother" may be a term of affection rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera ad Horion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…] Ὡρίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἔπεμψά σοι ἐν σάκκοις β διὰ Ἐπιφανίου ὅπως τελέσῃς αὐτῷ, καὶ δότω τὸ ναῦλον τῷ ναυτικῷ. καὶ ἐρώτησον[…]τέραν σου ὅτι τάχος εἰ ἠνέχθη τυρία διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου τοῦ […] ἔπεμψα διὰ τοῦ ἐπιδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον τυροὺς ξηροὺς λ καὶ[…]…ς ιγ. καὶ εἰπὲ…
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