A Christian private letter, poorly written and partly damaged, telling the recipient about matters concerning his estate and reeds on its east side. It urges him to come because his mother is ill and says she wants to die, reproaches him for having gone away and left his wife, and asks him to write a short note.
In English machine translation
† Before all else, [at the beginning] of the letter […] writing, and I greet Apol[…] […] son of Isidorianos (?). I write […] […] because of your (plural) estate, I mean the estate, and the reeds 50 (?) […] on the east side of your estate […] from your estate. I write: your brothers make obeisance […] to you […]. Your mother is ill; she wants to die. If you can, come (?) […] your face (?). Your mother said that she wants to die […] on your part, because you went away and left your wife […] on your soul. Write them a little note. ☧
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The Greek is highly irregular and several passages are unintelligible strings of letters, so parts of the translation are conjectural. 'Ballе' is perhaps meant as 'come' or 'send'.
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.