Letter of condolence and invitation from Theodoros to Kanopos TM 35213Neson Kome (Herakleopolites)V

[recto] To my lord, truly most honoured brother Kanopos, Theodoros. We were very grieved to hear that something had happened to Makaria, your freedwoman (?), and not without reason did your son Gratianus long for her so much, and also her other sons. But what can we do in the face of human fate? Deign therefore to console yourself and endure the trouble, and come to me with my lord Valentinus at Neson. For I need your nobility, and I will have you sent back again by boat. So do not hesitate because it is an upstream journey. When you come, deign to bring whatever items for fulling you have. They are: a tunic of Nathanael, a white blanket, a tunic of Synkletike, a mantle (maphorion) of Kyra, a tunic of Kyra. I greet Didymos and Philoxenos and all your people. I pray for your health for many years, lord, most honoured brother. About the grain, do not be in doubt. I did not send it, so that it may be measured out to you when you come. [verso] To my lord, truly most honoured brother Kanopos, Theodoros.