p.neph.14
[… ? lines lost …] […]απ…[…] […]ἄδελφε Νεφερώ […]δετο κοῦφον ὅπερ […]…βλοις π[…]μα, ὅθεν […]μησίου. ἐρρωμένον σε καὶ εὐδοκιμοῦντα ἐν τῇ σῇ πολιτείᾳ ἡ θεία πρόνοια διαφυλάττοι, ἀγαπητὲ τιμιώτατε. […]…μηθη […] καὶ ἡμεῖς […]ἡμων Πῖναν […]ομεν
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33567
Fragmentary letter to brother Nepheros TM 33567unbekanntIV
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Fragment of the end of a letter from an unnamed sender to 'brother' Nepheros, closing with a wish that divine providence keep him healthy and well regarded. It belongs to the Nepheros archive and dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…] […]
[…] brother Nepheros […]
[…] light (?), which […]
[…] […], whence […]
[…]mesios.
May divine providence preserve you in health and in good repute in your way of life, beloved, most honoured one.
[…]
[…] we too […]
[…] our […] Pinas
[…] we […]
Nepheros was a Christian priest and monk whose archive comes from the Herakleopolite region. 'Way of life' (politeia) here likely refers to his religious conduct.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as N.N. an Nepheros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.