Fragment of a letter
The three lines of the beginning stand alone. The address on the verso is incomplete. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36699
Fragment of a letter asking for something to be sent quickly TM 36699unknownVIth Century AD (?)
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A small fragment of a Greek letter from the archive of Dioskoros, preserving only the ends of three opening lines. The writer asks for something to be sent quickly because something has happened against the writer's party.
In English machine translation
[…] until now the third
[…] send quickly, since
[…] has happened against us and
[…]
The address on the back is incomplete and is not given in the edition. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito, though its place of writing is unknown.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.2.67192
[…] μέχρι νῦν τὴν τρίτην […] πέμψατε συντόμως ἐπειδὴ […]εν γέγονεν καθʼ ἡμῶν καὶ [… ? lines lost …]