p.ifao.2.23
[r] τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἀμ[…] ασας χαίρειν. π[…] τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ[…] [r,ms] ἀσπάζομαι[…] [v] τῷ κυρίῳ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32626
Fragment of a letter to a lady Am[…] TM 32626unbekanntIV
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a private letter from someone whose name ends in -asas to a woman whose name begins Am-, with a mention of the almighty God and a greeting in the margin. It dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To my lady Am[…]
[…]asas, greetings. […]
to the almighty [God] […]
[recto, margin]
I greet […]
[verso]
To my lord […]
The reference to the 'almighty' (pantokrator) God suggests a Christian writer. The verso address to a male 'lord' may name a different addressee than the recto.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.