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Formulaic epistolary language in TM 16003 (P. Oxy. 43 3124)

[Αὐρ]ηλίοις Φ̣[λαβ]ιανῷ, διασημοτάτῳ, καὶ Διονυσο[δ]ώρῳ, κρατίστῳ, ἐφεστῶσι τοῖς κατὰ Πτολεμαΐδα δημοσίοις ἀρτοκοπίοις, [Σε]π̣τίμιος Κράτερος, στρατηγὸς Λυκοπολίτου, χαίρειν

opening formula.

multiple correspondents: multiple individuals.

non-onomastic addition: κράτιστος.

non-onomastic addition: στρατηγός.


καὶ ἵνʼ εἰδῆτε ἐπιστέλλω ὑμῖν, φίλτατοι

autoreferential, motivation letter: ἵνʼ εἰδῇς.

direct address: epithet.

non-onomastic replacement: φίλτατος.


ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι

closing formula.

second hand: second hand.

non-onomastic replacement: ὑμᾶς.


Αὐρηλίοις Φλαβιανῷ καὶ Δ̣[ιο]ν̣υσοδώρῳ

address.