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Letter from Sattos to his sister Euphrosyne about a tunic and a debt TM 31746Oxyrhynchites (?)spätes III

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A private letter from Sattos son of Harpokras to his sister Euphrosyne, asking her to send a tunic he left behind and some bread-cakes, and telling her to stop worrying about a debt to Agathos Daimon, which he says he has paid. He promises to come the next month and sends greetings to family and friends.

In English machine translation

[recto] Sattos to Euphrosyne. Greet Firmus and Tekousa and all our people, before the gods of the city of the Antinoites. I forgot my little tunic at Tekousa's, in the gateway; send it to me as you sent (the other things) to me. And you are bothering me because you owe Agathos Daimon some money. I have paid him in full. If you have made bread-cakes, send them to me. By next month I will come. I wish I had paid everyone in full as I have Agathos Daimon. You were not my guarantor. You have no business in it. Do not bother me. If necessary, I am coming next month. Hand over my little tunic to Kerarea the barber. Greet Straton and Stratonike and their children. I pray for your health. [verso] To my sister Euphrosyne, Sattos son of Harpokras.

Greetings are made 'before the gods of the city of the Antinoites', suggesting the writer was at Antinoopolis. 'Sister' may be a term of affection rather than literal kinship; Kerarea's description as 'barber' (koureus, here feminine) is unusual.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Sattos to his Sister). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.12.1489

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · spätes III · Oxyrhynchites (?)

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