p.genova.1.25
κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Πα[…]…[…]νῳ χαίρειν. καὶ ἄλλοτέ σοι ἔγραψα ἴσως οὐκ ἐδόθη σοι τὰ γράμματα· ἀπέστειλα οὖν τὴν μητέρα σου πρός σε· ἴσως μεταδώσει σοι ἃ μετέδωκα αὐτῇ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32495
Beginning of a letter from a parent to his son TM 32495unbekanntIV
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The opening of a private letter from a parent to a son whose name is only partly preserved. The writer says an earlier letter may not have reached him, so he has sent the son's mother to pass on his messages in person. It dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord son Pa[…]nos (?), greetings.
I wrote to you on another occasion too; perhaps the letter was not given to you. So I have sent your mother to you; perhaps she will pass on to you what I passed on to her […]
[…]
The son's name is damaged and cannot be securely restored. The sender's name is not preserved in what survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Inizio di lettera privata). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.