Two small fragments of a private letter of the 4th century AD, with only scattered words surviving, including mentions of grain and of something neglected. The address on the back shows it was sent to the writer's father, whose name begins Herigam-.
In English machine translation
[recto, fragment A]
[…]
[…] (?) […]
no longer fixed (?) […]
[…] to the one or the […]
and now […] found […]
[…]
[…]
by name […]
[…] now the sheep (?) […]
[…] that the […]
[…] your […]
[…]
[…]
[recto, fragment B]
[…]
[…]
[…] (?) […]
[…]
[…] after […]
[…] to make (?) […]
[…]
[…] nor the […]
[…] and now […]
[…] of grain […]
[…] neglected (?) […]
[…]
[verso]
[…] to my father Herigam[…]
[…]
The letter comes from the cartonnage of the Nag Hammadi codex bindings. The father's name survives only in part on the verso address.
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.