Fin d'une lettre
(Last part of) private letter with greetings to different people
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38705
End of a private letter with greetings to family members TM 38705Provenance unknown (Province of Egypt)VII A.D.
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The end of a private letter of the 7th century AD from Egypt, mentioning linen cloths, an earring and other items, possibly the chief tax-collector, and the writer's coming visit. It closes with greetings to many relatives and friends, including Maria, Menas, Athanasia, Herais, Palladia, Timothea, Martyria and Antiochia.
In English machine translation
[… 4 lines lost …]
[…] linen cloths
[…] of the chief tax-collector (?) takes, and […]
[…] me, Maria, my sweetest daughter, and Ktea[…]
[…] and the earring and 2 fine linen cloths and little rolls (?) and […]
[…] when I come, and so do not be neglectful (?), since […]
[…] I greet your brother Menas. I am bringing his […]
[…] and to you the […] you wrote to me. I greet
my daughter Athanasia and Herais my sister and […]
[…] my children and Palladia my sweetest sister […]
[…] his children and Timothea and her sisters and the
[…] wise (?) and Martyria and Antiochia and all the others by name.
The word rendered "do not be neglectful" (μηληπιθήσης) is a garbled spelling, perhaps for a form meaning "do not grieve" or "do not forget". Provenance is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fin d’une lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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[… 4 lines lost …] […]…οφ[…]…ψ[…] λινούδια […]…του τελωνάρχου λάβηται καὶ ἀπο[…]…[…]δια[…]ε[…] […]με δὲ Μαρία, τὴν γλυκυτάτην μου θυγατέρα καὶ Κτεα[…] […]α καὶ τὸ ἐνώδιον καὶ δύο καλὰ λινούδια καὶ κυλίδια καὶ ζω[…] […]οερχομένου μου καὶ μὴ οὖν μηληπιθήσης ὅτι οὖν τ…α[…] […]ἀσπάζο…