One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34646

Letter from Ioannes to Demetrios TM 34646Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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Fragmentary private letter from Ioannes to Demetrios, opening with greetings from several people including a sister and an exhortation not to neglect something. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis, AD 4th to early 5th century.

In English machine translation

To my lord Demetrios, Ioannes […] Before all else, many greet you, many […] and sister; but do not neglect […] […] […]

The letter is written on bark (or a bark-like sherd) according to the record title.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée sur écorce). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.douch.3.290

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

τῷ κυρίῳ Δημῆτρι Ἰωάννης …[…]πρὸ μὲν πάντων πολλά σε ἀσπάζονται πολλα[…] καὶ ἀδελφὴ ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς …[…] […]……[…] [… ? lines lost …]