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Fragmentary private letter in which the writer asks the recipient to write back if he is willing to give him something, so that he can make his own arrangements, and asks for news about the movements of various people, including Perites and the son of someone from Askalon named Kalib. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
Kalib, described as an Askalonite (from Askalon in Palestine), appears to be a Semitic name. The opening lines and left side of the letter 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 Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
…[…]…[…] …ειδεις μοι […]…τος. εἰ οὖν δοκεῖ σοι δοῦναί μοι, πάλιν ἐπίστειλόν μοι ὡςπανταχόθεν προνοήσω ἐμαυτῷ. ἔτι δὲ σπουδή σοι γενέσθω πῶς διʼ ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖ ἥκει. ἐμὲ γὰρ[…] κ…αι Περίτην πότε ἔρχῃ ὧδε. ἔτι δὲ[…] μου μαθεῖν μοι εἰ ἐκεῖσε καὶ ὁ υἱὸς […] ου τοῦ Ἀσκαλωνίτου Κάλιβ ἑαυτὸν…
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