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A private letter from Kallinikos to Elias, whom he addresses as a friend and fellow initiate. He writes a second time about two jars of oil and associated costs, explaining that he is now in need because Leonides is in Babylon, and asks Elias not to abandon him in his distress.
The terms 'fellow initiates' and 'uninitiated' may refer to a religious community, possibly Christian; 'Babylon' here is likely the fortress near Old Cairo. Several phrases (e.g. 'λογαρίδιον κε φιτεια', 'ειπων λαβεν') are garbled and their translation is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Kallinikos an Elias). 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] Καλλίνεικος Ἠλίᾳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι σε ὁλοκληρεῖν μετὰ τῶν τέκνων σου. πᾶν ποίησον μνημόνευε τὴν τῶν φίλων καὶ συνμυστῶν. καὶ μὴ ὡς ἀμύητος ἔπεμψά σοι τὴν πρώτην ἐπιστολήν, καὶ νυνὶ ἡ δευτέρα ἐστὶν αὕτη. πᾶν οὖν ποιήσῃς περὶ τῶν δύο κεραμίων ἐλαίου· δύο γ…
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