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Letter from Theonas to Timotheos recommending Pasion for a rug purchase TM 32726Oxyrhynchosspätes III - 1. Hälfte IV

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A private letter from Theonas to Timotheos at Oxyrhynchus, introducing the letter-carrier Pasion and asking Timotheos to help him buy fine rugs, send him to the rug-maker Nepos, and give him lodging if needed. It ends with greetings to and from family members, including Alexandra and Sophia.

In English machine translation

To my lord brother Timotheos, Theonas, many greetings. Before all else I pray to the gods that the finest things in life may be yours. Please, lord, consider it of great importance to you to [help] Pasion, who delivers this letter of mine to you, [...] our friend, to buy [...] very fine rugs from those you know to be the finest. So I have written to you, dearest, knowing that you will not hesitate in what I write to you. Only [let this] bear witness to [your] goodwill as far as me [...]. And if he needs to be given lodging, [...] receive him. Greet warmly [...] and his children and the sister [...], greet warmly Pallas, the sister of Alexandra. Alexandra and Sophia greet you all warmly. Greet warmly all of yours by name. [Send] him to Nepos the rug-maker, so that he may go about with you. Only do not hesitate, my lord brother. Farewell, lord, for many years, faring well throughout life.

The left edge is lost, so several restorations at line beginnings are uncertain. The verb rendered 'go about with' (synskyllein) literally means 'trouble oneself together', i.e. accompany and assist.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Theonas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.20.2275

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · spätes III - 1. Hälfte IV · Oxyrhynchos

κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Τιμοθέῳ Θεωνᾶς πολλά σε προσαγορεύω. πρό γε πάντων εὔχομαι τοῖς θεοῖς τὰ ἐν βίῳ κάλλιστά σοι ὑπαρχθῆναι. καλῶςποιήσεις, κύριε, περὶ πολλοῦ σοι γενέσθαι Πασίωνι τῷ ἀναδιδοῦντί σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα […]… φίλῳ ἡμῶν συνωνήσασθαι […]ταπήτια κάλλιστα ἀφʼ ὧν οἶδες ὅ…