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A fragmentary Christian private letter from Boethos son of Achilleion, who explains he had to travel down to Pangas, asks his family to pray for a safe journey, sends greetings to relatives and offers to buy old jars of olives at 3 talents each. It dates to the early 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The beginning of the letter is lost. The Greek 'elaias knidia' may mean jars of olives or of olive oil; a 'knidion' is a jar type named after Knidos, and prices in talents reflect 4th-century inflation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Christian 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.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] δ…[…] ἐδέησεν ἐμὲ κατελθεῖν εἰς Παγγᾶ, ἵνʼ οὕτως θεοῦ θέλοντος τάχα τι πρατέον γένηται. μάλιστα μὲν δεήσει καὶ ὑμᾶς εὔχεσθαι περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνʼ οὕτως ἐπακούσῃ ὁ θεὸς τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν καὶ γένηται ἡμῖν ὁδὸς εὐθεῖα. ἀσπάζω τοὺς γλυκυτάτους μου ἀδελφούς, Διονυσοδώραν…
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