Fragmentary private letter mentioning the customary obeisance before the lady Isis and the Kalends, followed by a long list of greetings from family members and acquaintances. The writer closes by asking for provisions, since he or she has many mouths to feed. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[...]
[...] [...]
[...] [...]
and the obeisance [...]
of the lady Isis [...]
on the Kalends [...]
them [...] and [...]
found (?) [...] vegetables (?) [...]
[...]
and Chaire[...] [...]
I want you [...]
[...] necessity [...]
[...]
[...]
grain (?) [...]
the house (?) [...]
my [...]. Many greetings from my father and my mother
and my daughter Lausi[...]
[...] and Kysao [...] and Libia and Serapous
and Tapiam and Arsinoe the sister of Tapiam and
my sister-in-law Kauma. Ammonarin greets you, and
Kronous and the daughter
of Pogon, Serapias, and
Kormom[...] and Korathous and Sakane. Ptoosarakin also greets you
and my whole household.
Look, you see that I have need
of provisions, since I feed
many.
Farewell.
The word translated 'provisions' (kibaria) refers to food rations or supplies. Several personal names are uncertainly read and some may be garbled in the original.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettere privata). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.