Fragment of a private letter of the 4th or 5th century AD, with remains of instructions (mentioning a beam and small snails or shells) followed by greetings to Didymos, his wife, his son Severus, Horionas, Talas, Valerius, Theodoros and others, with greetings from Pathemous.
In English machine translation
[…]
to let go (?), because another three […] […]
a beam […]
Do everything to […] to come and recognize (?) […] (?) small snails (?).
I greet Didymos and your wife
and your son Severus […] Arilla […]
[…] and Horionas and your wife and Talas […]
the children and Valerius. Pathemous greets you.
[…] that we are well.
I greet Theodoros. Do everything (to make?) the brother […]
[…] slave (?) […]
The word kochlidia (small snails or spiral shells) and the preceding damaged words are obscure, and the instructions in the first lines cannot be securely reconstructed.
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.