Letter to Maxima and mother requesting a tunic TM 33548unbekanntIV

Fragment of a private letter of the 4th century AD, addressed to the writer's sister Maxima and mother, asking them to send a small tunic. It mentions a man named Elias and reports that the princeps forced everyone to paint their chariot (or harness).

In English machine translation

The princeps was a senior officer, probably head of an official's staff. The word read as 'chariot' (harma) is uncertain in context.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.