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A private letter of the 3rd century AD from a woman named Aroous to her brother, a priest of the god Arsaisis. She complains that Onnophris and another woman have not paid her, asks him to come quickly, gives instructions about workers plaiting baskets, and mentions a sieve, a boat and papyrus.
Arsaisis is an Egyptian deity (Harsiese, 'Horus son of Isis'); the brother's name is lost apart from its ending. The proskynema formula refers to the customary act of obeisance on someone's behalf before the gods.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Aroous to her Brother, a Priest). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ἀροοῦς[…]τῷ ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις ἡμῶν θεοῖς, εὐχομένη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τὰ ἐν βίῳ κάλλιστα ὑμῖν ὑπαρχθῆναι γεινώσκειν τὸν Ὀννῶφριν θέλω ὅτι μέχρι δεῦρο[…]οὐδέν μοι ἔδωκεν. καὶ μὴ…
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