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End of a letter from Theodosios to Ammonios TM 31944unbekanntIII

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The closing part of a private letter from Theodosios to Ammonios, asking him to write whenever he needs anything and not to neglect replying, and passing on greetings from Dorothea, a mother, Isidoros and Apion. It dates to the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] But if you know that not […] write to me, whenever you need [me] […] but do not neglect to write back. Dorothea greets you, and the mother […] and Isidoros and Apion the glue-maker (?) […] I pray for your health for many years. [verso] To Ammonios, Theodosios.

Apion's epithet is broken after 'kollē-', possibly 'kollētēs' (glue-maker or papyrus-sheet gluer), so the meaning is uncertain.

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

p.gron.20

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

[r] ἐὰν δὲ οἶδας ὅτι οὐκ ἀπ[…] γράφε μου, ἐπειδὰν χρῄζῃς μου[…] ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἀντιγράφειν. ἀσπάζονταί σε Δωροθέα καὶ ἡ μήτηρ […] καὶ Ἰσίδωρος καὶ Ἀπίων ὁ κολλη[…] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] Ἀμμωνίῳ Θεοδόσιος.