p.lond.5.1840
[… 3 lines lost …] πέμψατε συντόμως ὅπως θεραπευθῇ τὸ καθʼ ὑμᾶς[…] καὶ χρῶμαι τῇ μωρίᾳ ὑμῶν … […] [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36957
Fragment of a letter urging prompt dispatch TM 36957Aphrodites Kome? (Antaiopolites)VI
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A small fragment of a sixth-century letter, probably from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome. The writer urges the recipients to send something quickly so that their affair can be dealt with, and seems to reproach them for their foolishness.
In English machine translation
[… 3 lines lost …]
send quickly so that the matter concerning you may be attended to […]
and I am making use of your folly (?) … […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
The place of origin is marked as uncertain in the records. The phrase about 'your folly' is hard to interpret without its lost context.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.