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Fragment of a Christian friendship letter from Hermopolis, late 6th to early 7th century AD. The writer reproaches the addressee for not sending news of his health, suggesting he could have sent it by a messenger or a slave of the scholastikos, and assures him of his spiritual closeness.
A scholastikos was a legally trained advocate or official. The right side and end of the letter are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Freundschaftsbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† οὐκ οἶδα δὲ πόθεν ἠμέλησας γράψαι καὶ σημᾶναί μοι τὴν ταχίστην[…] ἢ διʼ ἀνθρώπου ἢ διὰ παιδός τινος τοῦ σχολαστικοῦ ἀνερχομένου πρὸς ἡμᾶς[…] τὴν ὑγιείαν σου καὶ ἂν οὔκ εἰμι παρὰ σοὶ τῷ σώματι, ἀλλʼ οὖν ψυχῇ καὶ οὐ[…] γράψαι μοι, ὅπως μάθω τὴν ὑγείαν σου. τὴν σωτηρίαν δ…[…] οἶδα…
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