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Fragmentary Ptolemaic letter addressed to Apollonios, in which the writer complains of terrible treatment, mentions a Philippos, an unsettled matter, a price and a plan to lease something to Ptolemaios. The verso carries the address and a deleted text mentioning an inspection.
The Apollonios addressed may be the well-known dioiketes of Ptolemy II, whose agent Zenon's archive includes many such letters, but the text does not confirm this. The verso text was partly deleted by the scribe.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] […]Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. γίνωσκέ με πάνδεινα […] […]υθεν προτετελεκότας. ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος […] […]…ἡμῶν δὲ ἀποστιλαντ…σα[…] […]οὐκ ἔφη συνλυθῆναι περὶ δὲ τ…[…] […]… ἡ τιμὴ μισθώσω Πτολεμαίωι[…] […]το ἐπηρωτῶ. μάλιστα δὲ σὺ αὐτὸ ἐγχ[…] […]…νω α[…]… καὶ τὸ δι…[…]υ τοῦ ἐγλαβ[…] […]κθ.…
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