Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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Discover a letter from Apollinaris, a Roman soldier, to his mother Taesis, preserved from the 2nd century A.D. Written in Greek and found in the ancient Roman harbor of Portus.

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Thanks to University of Michigan for making this papyrus available.