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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ … Σοφία χαίρειν. γράφω σοι ἔχουσα ὅπως μνησθῇς μου ἐπειδὴ λυποῦμαι πάνυ διότι ἐκτός εἰμι τῶν πλείστων διὰ τοὺς βαρβάρους. πλὴν πέμψον μοι τίποτε διὰ τὸν Θ… …ο… ὀλίγα φοινίκια ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἔχω.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34456
Letter from Sophia asking her brother for dates, deprived by barbarians TM 34456Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short letter on an ostracon from a woman named Sophia to a man she calls her brother, asking him to remember her and send her something, especially a few dates. She says she lacks most necessities because of the barbarians. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother […], Sophia, greetings. I write to you so that you may remember me, since I am very distressed because I am deprived of most things on account of the barbarians. But send me something by way of Th[…] […] a few dates, since I have none.
The 'barbarians' are probably desert raiders, such as the Blemmyes or Mazices, who troubled the Western Desert oases in this period. The name of the brother and of the messenger 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 Lettre de requête). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.