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Fragmentary private letter from Samoun to his father Tithoes, sending greetings to family members, complaining of receiving no letters, and mentioning a solidus, an inheritance matter, and a son placed in a monastery to learn linen-weaving. Written in Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis in the 4th century AD.
The reference to a boy learning linen-weaving at a monastery is an early mention of a monastic institution in the Oasis. The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard gold coin of the period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments of a Private Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[fragment 1] [r] τῶι κυρίωι μου πατρὶ Τιθοῆτι Σαμοῦν χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι εὐχόμενός σε διὰ παντὸς ὁλοκληρεῖν. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν κυρίαν μου μητέρα καὶ τὴν κυρίαν μου ἀδελφὴν Τσενπαμοῦν μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν κυρίαν μου γυναῖκα μετὰ τῶν κυρίων μου υἱῶν. πο…
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