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A short private letter on an ostracon from Ioulas to his brother Olbanos, reporting that Apollos has left for a place called Apollonos (probably Apollonopolis) and that, according to Athenodoros, the camel-driver has received the beer. It was found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus and dates to the early or mid 2nd century AD.
The phrase may instead mean that Athenodoros says he himself received the beer from the camel-driver; the Greek is ambiguous. "Apollonos […]" is probably Apollonos (polis), a town name with its ending lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Ioulas to Olbanus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἰουλᾶς Ὀλβανῶι τῶι ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. θέλω σε γινώσκειν ὅτι Ἀπολλῶς οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Ἀπόλλωνος […]ν. ἠρώτησα δὲ Ἀθηνόδωρον […]…ο αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει εἰληφέναι τὸν ζῦτον τὸν καμηλείτην. ἀσπάζου τοὺς φιλοῦντας σε πάντας. ἔρρωσο Φαρμοῦθι ι
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