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A private letter from Demetrios to his "son" Anicetus, telling him not to make the small bread rations (psomia) because ready-made ones have been found where Demetrios is, and urging him to come out to join him. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
Psomia are small loaves or bread morsels, probably rations. The text seems contradictory, since "do not neglect and make them" may be a slip for "do not make them"; the end and the verso are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Demetrius). 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] κυρίῷ μου υἱῷ Ἀνεικήτῳ Δημήτριος χαίρειν. πᾶν ποίησον βοήθησον μὴ ποιήσῃς τὰ ψωμία. ἐπεὶ γὰρ εὑρήκαμεν ὧδε πεποιημένα ψωμία, τοίνυν οὖν μὴ ἀμελήσῃς καὶ ποιήσῃς αὐτά. βοήθησον οὖν τοίνυν ἔξελθε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …] [v] [… 4 lines lost …]
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