Fragmentary letter mentioning a payment and an empty container TM 89251This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75 A.D.

Fragment of a Greek letter on an ostracon found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, dating to about AD 50-75. The writer mentions having given something and ends by asking that his empty container be filled.

In English machine translation

The word kenoma, literally an 'empty thing', probably refers to an empty jar or container; the final clause is written with nonstandard spelling for 'may be filled'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.