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A Christian private letter from a woman named Maria, writing as "mama", to her husband, to another Maria whom she calls her lady, and to her son Chryses. She opens with prayers to Christ for their health; most of the body is lost. It dates to the 6th century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The phrases "master of my soul" and "lady of my eyes" are affectionate epistolary forms of address typical of late antique letters. An unknown number of lines is lost between recto and verso.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῆς ψυχῆς γλυκυτάτῳ καὶ τιμιωτάτῳ κατὰ πάντα τῷ κυρίῳ Μαρίας ἡ προσκυνοῦσά σε ἡ μάμα τῶν παιδίων σου, καὶ τῇ κυρίᾳ μου τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τῇ κυρίᾳ μου Μαρίᾳ, καὶ τῷ καλῷ μου υἱῷ Χρύση ἡ προσκυνοῦσα ὑμᾶς ἡ μάμα ὑμῶν, πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὐχὰς καὶ δεήσεις ἀναπέμπω πρὸς τὸν …
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