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A Christian private letter from Probus to his sister Manatine, asking her to collect 1 1/2 talents of his wages from Petronis, his guarantor, and pass the money to his wife because his son needs it. He reminds her of a meeting at the Kaisareion as a token of authenticity. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the late 4th century AD.
The 'token' (semeion) recalling a shared event was a common way to prove a letter's authenticity. The later lines are damaged and grammatically confused (e.g. a feminine form and an address to a 'brother'), so their sense 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 Letter of Probus to Manatine). 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] τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Μανατίνῃ Πρώβος ἀδελφὸς χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ περὶ τῆς σῆς ὁλοκληρίας ὅπως ὑγιαίνουσα σὺ καὶ εὐθυμοῦσα ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω, κυρία μου ἀδελφή, ἄπελθε πρὸς Πετρώνιν τὸν ἐγγυησάμενόν με· δέξαι ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκ…
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