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[r] […]Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. ἀπεδώκαμεν[…] […]…εις καὶ ἔφη βούλεσθαι ποιῆσαι[…] […]…τ…[…]…φη. καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις[…] [v] […]Ἀπολλωνίωι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1587
Fragment of a letter to Apollonios TM 1587unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.
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A fragmentary letter addressed to Apollonios, reporting that something was delivered and that someone said he wished to do something, followed by a polite request. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] to Apollonios, greetings. We delivered […]
[…] and he said that he wished to do […]
[…] he said (?). Please [be so good as to …] […]
[verso]
[…] To Apollonios
The addressee is probably Apollonios, the finance minister of Ptolemy II, to whom many letters in the Zenon archive are addressed. His name is largely restored on the front but survives in part in the address on the back.
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.