Two joining fragments (b) from the left-hand portion of a diptych contain the beginning of a letter to Genialis. Two other substantial fragments appear to be by the same hand and their shapes suggest that they were folded face-to-face with the two fragments of (b) and, if so, they must join (possibly flush, but there may be a small gap between them) and will form part of the right-hand column of the letter. There is a detached fragment with a trace which is probably in a different hand. The large G in Genial[i is noteworthy, as is the large initial C in Crescen[te]m.
].tilis Genial[i suo
s[alutem
] Crescen[te]m cum [
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
].abu[ ]ae uacat
].em..ui..lin[
] ut cum illo con[
]ube.[..]..ra iam [
traces
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].tilis: cognomina with this ending given in NPEL are Adretilis, Gratilis, Gentilis and Utilis of which the last two are the most common. The trace surviving before t would certainly not allow u but is probably compatible with n; so we should perhaps restore Ge]ntilis.
The sense is likely to be "I have sent Crescens to you with ...". One of the other fragments inventoried under this number ([128]) has a reference to a (centuria) Crescentis and this is likely to be the same man.
Perhaps restore ] tabu[l]ae, cf. [283].6. For the uacat at the right cf. [291].ii.8, [257].6, [379].
Perhaps a present subjunctive of iubeo, e.g. i]ubea[s, i]ubea[t, followed by (e.g.) [ce]tera, [al]tera.