Private letter
Of this rudely scrawled and barbarously ungrammatical letter, little can be said, and much remains obscure. The beginning seems to be: To Cythra from Uran(ius) [or Urani(a)] all�
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33385
Private letter, apparently from Uranios or Urania to Kythra TM 33385Unknown4th century A.D.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A badly written and ungrammatical private letter of the 4th century AD, apparently from Uranios or Urania to Kythra. The writer asks for something to be sent, mentions coins and a roll, and closes with health wishes and greetings; much of the content is obscure.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Kythra (?) from Uran(ios?) (?) […]
[…] when […]
[…]
and a few […]
little fish (?) […]
[…]
send […]
coins, since
you want (?) to buy (?)
one roll (?)
I pray for your health
for many years
and the little one
[…]
many
I greet […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[verso]
clearly one ration-allowance (?)
as the three of the
back (?)
The spelling and grammar are very irregular, so the reading of names and many words (e.g. 'little fish', 'roll', 'ration-allowance') is uncertain. The address may name Uranios or Urania as sender.
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.
p.fouad.1.81
[r] Κυθραι υραν αλλησι α… ὅταν ετη[…] ανημ… και ολιγα […] λαριδια […] γ ιχαριον…μ ἔκπεμψον[…] κέρματα ἐπεὶ θελις αγωρ μία τωμάρι ἐρρῶσθαι σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις καὶ μίκρον ενα πολλὰ προσαγορεύω ε…αρ τηρ…… [… ? lines lost …] [v] σαφῶς μία ὀψωνινα ὡς τὰ τρία τοῦ ὀπίσω