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A short private letter from Elias to his 'brother' Strategios, consisting almost entirely of greetings to Strategios and to others, including the father Bemophanes, two men named Psais, Ploutogenes and Horos. It was written in the 4th century AD at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis.
'Brother' and 'father' may be terms of affection or of religious fellowship rather than literal kinship. The phrase translated 'greet you in person' literally means 'do obeisance to you'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
[r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Στρατηγίῳ Ἠλίας χαίρειν. προηγουμένως πολλά σου τὴν φιλαδελφίαν προσαγορεύω εὐχόμενός σε προσκυνεῖν ἐν τάχει. πολλὰ προσαγορεύω τὸν κύριόν μου πατέρα Βημοφάνην καὶ τὸν τιμιώτατον ἀδελφὸν Ψάιν τὸν μέγαν καὶ τὸν ἄλλον Ψάιν καὶ Πλουτογένην καὶ Ὧρα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ε…
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