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A private letter from Neikanor to his sister Nem...ertes, with the usual greetings and daily prayers to Sarapis for her. He complains that she did not answer his earlier letter sent via Pasion, asks her to reply quickly, and mentions finding someone who can lend him something against a mortgage.
The sister's name is only partly legible. "Sister" may be a term of affection or for a wife rather than a literal sibling, as the mention of "our children" suggests.
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 Nicanor). 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] Νεικάνωρ Νεμ…ερτῃ τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα σοῦ ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι μετὰ τῶν ἀβασκάντων ἡμῶν παιδίων καὶ τῶν φιλούντων ἡμᾶς. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἔγραψά σοι διὰ Πασίωνος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Διοσκωρᾶ…
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