One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32420

Fragments of a letter with address on the back TM 32420unbekanntIV

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Fragments of a Greek private or business letter of the 4th century AD. Only scattered phrases survive, including the formula 'I want you to know', a mention of a need and of a brother, and the closing wish for good health; the address on the back begins 'Deliver to P…'.

In English machine translation

[recto, fragment a] […] […] […] […] […] and […] […] many […] […] I want you to know […] […] need […] […] […] […] to the brother […] […] [recto, fragment b] […] […] […] delivery (?) […] […] […] since […] […] […] […] [recto, fragment c] […] […] me […] […] and […] […] I pray for your good health. […] [verso] Deliver to P[…]

The papyrus belongs to a group recovered from the cartonnage of the Nag Hammadi codex bindings.

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.

p.nag.hamm.80

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

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