Extracted Text

Koine Greek

κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Ἀννειανῇ Ἐπάγαθος χαίρειν.
πολλὰ ἐπεύχομαι παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν
τὴν εἱερῶν
στρατειωτ
ὁ δοῦξ
ὑπὲρ
παρὰ τοῦ π
ἵνα φα
προσωπο
ἐλαιοπωλ
θετω
πε
ἀπαρτήσαται
ἀπὸ τοῦ μι
ἀλλὰ μὴν ἐδειώξαταί
μαι
ὅτι
σ̣εια σου καὶ εὑρέθην ὑσ̣τερ
καὶ Βαβ[υ]λ[ῶν]α ἐπαντη[ς
δημοσί̣ου ἠκω\λ/ούθει
ἐμέ· πο͂ς
εὐχαρειστῶ
αιε μὴ ἔμελον
ὑφέπιν
οὗ
εἵνα
μὴ εἰς τὴν Συρίαν
ἐνένκαι
οὐκ ἐπέτυχον περεὶ
κέχρηκ]ά σοι δραχμὰς χειλείας
δοθη̣
αὐτὸν ἔπεμψ[ας
ν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀδε[λφοῦ
τριον οὐ μό[νον
διὰ Δι[δύμου (?)

Latin

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Translation into English

To my sister Annea, Epagathus greets you.
I pray many things to the gods for your completeness.
The sacred
of the soldiers
the duke
for
from the
in order that
face
oil merchant
I set
about
it has been completed
from the mi
but indeed you will not be pursued
I am
because
your safety and I was found later
and Babylon I met
of the public I have followed
me; how
I give thanks
I do not intend
to be under
where
in order that
not into Syria
I have not succeeded
I have given you drachmas of lips
it was given
you sent him
to his brother
not only
through Didius (?)

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Fragment 1 (r,Fr1)

[κυρίᾳ] μου ἀδελφῇ Ἀννειανῇ Ἐπάγαθος [χαίρειν.]
[πολλ]ὰ ἐπεύχομαι παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ὁλοκληρί[αν]
[σου καὶ]
[πάντ]ων τῶν ἀγαπώντων ὑμ[ᾶ]ς· ἤκουσα [...]

Fragment 2 (r,Fr2)

[τ]ὴν π[...] εἱερῶν [...]
[στ]ρατειω[τ] [...]
[...]ει ὁ δοῦξ [...]
[...]ω ὑπὲρ [...]
[πα]ρὰ τοῦ π[...]
[ἵ]να φα[...]
[προ]σωπο[...]
[ἐλ]εωπωλ[...]
[...]θετω [...]
[πε]ρὶ ωδ[...]

Fragment 3 (r,Fr3)

[...]χασ[...]
[...] ἀπαρτήσαται ἀπὸ τοῦ μι[...]
[ἀλλ]ὰ μὴν ἐδειώξαταί μαι ὅτ[ι...]
[...]σ̣εια σου καὶ εὑρέθην ὑσ̣[τερ...]
[κ]αὶ Βαβ[υ]λ[ῶν]α ἐπαν̣τη[...]
[δ]ημοσί̣ου ἠκωλούθει [...]
[...] ἐμέ· πῶς εὐχαρειστῶ [...]
[...]αιε μὴ ἔμελον ὑφέπιν οὗ [...]
[...] εἵνα μὴ εἰς τὴν Συρίαν [...]
[ἐν]ένκαι· οὐκ ἐπέτυχον περὶ α[...]
[κέχρηκ]ά σοι δραχμὰς χειλείας [...]
[...]λουη [...] δοθη[...]
[...] αὐτὸν ἔπεμψ[ας...]
[...]ν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀδε[λφοῦ...]
[...]τριον οὐ μό[νον...]

Verso Fragment (v,Fr1)

διὰ Δι[δύμου (?)] [...]

Apparatus (Corrections and Clarifications)

• r,Fr1.2: l. ὁλοκληρί[αν]
• r,Fr1.3: ϋμ[α]σ papyrus → corrected to ὑμᾶς
• r,Fr2.2: l. ἱερῶν
• r,Fr2.3: l. [στ(?)]ρατιω[τι(?)]
• r,Fr2.9: l. [ἐλ]αιοπωλ[...]
• r,Fr2.11: l. [πε]ρὶ
• r,Fr3.2: l. ἀπαρτήσατε
• r,Fr3.3: l. ἐδιώξατέ
• r,Fr3.3: l. με
• r,Fr3.6: l. ἠκολούθει
• r,Fr3.7: l. πῶς
• r,Fr3.7: l. εὐχαριστῶ
• r,Fr3.8: l. ἔμελλον
• r,Fr3.8: l. ὑφέπειν
• r,Fr3.9: l. ἵνα
• r,Fr3.10: l. [ἐν]έγκαι
• r,Fr3.10: l. περὶ
• r,Fr3.11: l. χιλίας
• r,Fr3.12: λοϋη papyrus

English Translation (Approximate)

Fragment 1

"[To my] lady sister Anneiana, Epagathos [greetings.]
I pray greatly to the gods for your complete [health]
[and] for all those who love you. I heard [...]"

Fragment 2

"[...] the [...] of the temples [...]
[sol]dier [...]
[...] the duke [...]
[...] concerning [...]
[fro]m the p[...]
[so] that [...]
[fa]ce [...]
[ol]ive-seller(?) [...]
[...] let him place [...]
[con]cerning od[...]"

Fragment 3

"[...] he/she has separated [...] from the [...]
but indeed he/she pursued me because [...]
[...] your [...] and I was found lat[er...]
and I met Babylon [...]
[...] followed publicly [...]
[...] me; how can I thank [...]
[...] I was not intending to say secretly(?) where [...]
[...] so that not into Syria [...]
to bring; I did not succeed concerning [...]
I have lent you a thousand drachmas [...]
[...] you sent him [...]
[...] of his brother [...]
[...] not only [...]"

Verso Fragment

"Through Didymos(?) [...]"

Note: Due to the fragmentary nature of the papyrus, the translation is approximate and incomplete.