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Fragments of a letter from Epagathos to his sister Anniane TM 33276Oxyrhynchos (?)IV

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Fragments of a private letter from Epagathos to his 'sister' Anniane, opening with prayers to the gods for her health. The broken remainder mentions a soldier, the dux, an oil-seller, Babylon, Syria, being driven away, and a loan of 1,000 drachmas. It dates to the 4th century AD and probably comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[recto, fragment 1] To my lady sister Anniane, Epagathos, [greetings.] I pray [much] to the gods for your health [and that of] [all] those who love you. I heard […] […] [… lines lost …] [recto, fragment 2] the […] […] of the temples (?) […] […] soldier […] […] the dux […] […] on behalf of […] […] from the […] […] so that […] […] person (?) […] […] oil-seller […] […] […] concerning […] [recto, fragment 3] […] […] you departed (?) from the […] […] but indeed you drove me away because […] […] your […] and I was found later (?) […] […] and Babylon […] […] of the public (?) […] followed […] […] me. How I thank […] […] I was not going to submit (?) where […] […] so that not to Syria […] […] to bring. I did not succeed concerning […] […] I have lent you 1,000 drachmas […] […] given […] […] you sent him […] […] of the brother himself […] […] not only […] […] [verso, fragment 1] Through Didymos (?) […]

The dux was a late Roman military commander of a province. Babylon here is probably the fortress of that name near modern Cairo.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epagathi ad Annianam epistulae fragmenta). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Oxyrhynchos (?)

[r,Fr1] κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Ἀννειανῇ Ἐπάγαθος χαίρειν. πολλὰ ἐπεύχομαι παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ὁλοκληρίανσου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀγαπώντων ὑμᾶς· ἤκουσα […]…[…] […]…ε[…] [… ? lines lost …] [r,Fr2] τὴν π…[…] […] ἱερῶν […] […]στρατιωτι […] […]ει ὁ δοῦξ […] […]ω ὑπὲρ […] […]παρὰ τοῦ π[…] […]ἵνα …