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A short private letter from Stephanos to a man he addresses as his brother, complaining that the garments he asked for were never sent and asking that they be sent at once by the letter-carrier so he need not make the trip himself. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD and comes from the Herakleopolite nome.
The opening of each line is restored by the editor, but the request itself is clear. "Brotherliness" is a polite form of address and does not necessarily mean the two men were blood relatives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private 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.
[r] παρὰ ἰδοὺ ἔγραψα τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ λαμπροτάτῃ ἀδελφότητι περὶ τῶν ἱματίων μου καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστειλας· καὶ ἂν νῦν καταξίωσον πάραυτα πέμψειν ταῦτα διὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου, ἵνα μὴ ἀναγκασθῶ ἐλθεῖν, ἔργον μὴ ἔχων ἐκεῖσε. [v] ἐπίδος τῷ δεσπότῃ μου ἀδελφῷ …[…]π… παρὰ Στεφάνου
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