Letter asking for a small knife left behind in Alexandria to be sent TM 38169unbekanntVI - VII

A fragmentary private letter addressed respectfully to a superior ("your lordship"). The writer explains that on leaving Alexandria a small knife or tool was left at the house where they had stayed, and asks that a guard hand it over and that it be sent to him by the letter-carrier.

In English machine translation

The word smilion means a small knife or chisel, such as a scalpel or carving tool; its exact use here is unclear. Phrases like "the feet of your lordship" are standard deferential formulas of late antique letters.

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.