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A private letter from Horeion to Keleas, whom he calls brother, urging him to draw up a petition they had prepared together in the city so that Herapion, travelling via the Mareotis, can present it in Alexandria. He also asks for news about the assistants of the dekaprotoi and about Asklepiades, saying he has been disgraced in everyone's eyes. It dates to about AD 249-268 and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for tax collection in the 3rd century. Horeion belongs to the Heroninos archive circle, and 'brother' may be a term of affection rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Horion a Keleas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[v] Ὡρείων Κηλέᾳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. εὐσεβὲς τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιεῖς, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ βιβλίδιον ἐκεῖνο ὡς ἐγύμνασα αὐτὸ σὺν σοὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει· ἔχω γὰρ Ἡραπίωνα νῦν ἐξερχόμενον διὰ τοῦ Μαρεώτου, ἵνα αὐτὸ πράξῃ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ γενάμενος· ἄλλον γὰρ σπουδαῖον οὐκ ἔχωμεν μετὰ τοῦτον. ὥστε, ἄδελφε…
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