p.oxy.48.3418
[… ? lines lost …] …[…] περὶ τοῦ ερ…[…] μοι ἵνα ἀπ[…] αὐτόν. δήλωσόν μοι καὶ ἀνέρχομαι ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν· Θεοῦ γὰρ θέλοντος ἀπαντῶ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ νεομηνίᾳ, μόνον γράψον μοι τὴν φάσιν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33724
Letter announcing a visit to the city at the new moon TM 33724OxyrhynchosIV
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The end of a private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 4th century AD, in which the writer asks to be informed about some matter and promises to come up to the city, God willing, at the new moon, asking only that the recipient send word. The names of sender and recipient are lost.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…]
concerning the […]
me so that […]
him. Let me know and I will come up to the city; for, God willing, I shall come to the city at the new moon. Only write me the news.
I pray for your health for many years.
The phrase 'God willing' (Theou thelontos) is typical of Christian or monotheistic letters of this period. 'Phasis' here means a report or news.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from NN to NN). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.