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Fragment of a letter to 'my lady sister' mentioning letters and gold coins TM 33550unbekanntIV - V

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Fragment of a Greek private letter addressed to a woman called 'my lady sister'. The writer mentions letters, military matters, payments in gold coins and complains of ingratitude, invoking God as witness to his efforts. It dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[... lines lost ...] [...] of a letter, so that he himself to the military [...] ... thus I was established (?) so that as I wish [...] ... of three were exchanged (?); the letters [...] ... of the power and of the zeal [...] so that I provided also gold solidi [...] to the [...]tors and to those (who carried?) the other letters [...] and God alone knows how I [...] ... and something more the matters themselves make clear [...] ... of each to be reminded, except [...] you wish, since I know that every person [...] is treated with ingratitude. I pray that you are well for many [...] years, my lady sister.

'Gold coins' renders chrysinoi, probably gold solidi in this period. 'Sister' may be a term of affection rather than literal kinship.

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

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p.muench.3.1.128

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - V

[… ? lines lost …] […] ἐπιστολῆς ἵνα αὐτὸς τῇ στρατιωτικῇ[…]… οὕτως καθέστην ἵνα ὡς θέλω […]… το… τριῶν ἠλλάγησαν· αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ […]… τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ τῆς σπουδῆς […] ὡς παρασχεῖν με καὶ χρυσίνους […]τορσιν καὶ τοῖς τὰς ἄλλας ἐπιστολὰς[…]ν καὶ ὁ Θεὸς μόνος οἶδεν ὅπως ἐγὼ […]…τισα …