Fragment of a Christian letter sent by Eupraxios, opening with greetings to the recipient and the household by name. It mentions a brother and friend, news passed on to the writer's master, someone coming to collect wages, and a request that the recipient come. It dates to the late 5th or early 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…] I greet many times and address first […]
[…] her (?) generous household by name, since […]
[…] her own brother and friend Gr[…]
[…] having heard, you should tell my master […]
[…] although I heard that Eupraxios is about to […]
[…] and I think he does not hear it gladly […]
[…] For God knows each thing. He is coming […]
[…] certainly receiving in full the wages […]
[verso]
[…] Deign therefore, lord (?) […]
[…] by name, master […]
[…] come, master
[…] to the in all things most admirable and virtuous […]
from Eupraxios […]
Eupraxios appears both in the body of the letter and as sender in the address on the verso. The left and right sides of every line are lost, so how the sentences connect 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 Fragment de lettre chrétienne). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.