p.ifao.2.2
[r] Σαραπίων Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. γίγνωσκε ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃς παραποδίζομαι ἐν ἅπασι τοῖς ἐν τῇ πρακτορείᾳ. τὰ δʼ ἄλλα χαρίζομαι[…] ἔρρωσο ἔτους ιϛ Καίσαρος Φαμενώθ ιθ [v] Ἀθηνοδώρωι …
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Letter from Sarapion to his brother Athenodoros about tax-collecting business TM 16458unbekannt15. März 14 v.Chr.
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A short private letter from Sarapion to his brother Athenodoros, urging him to come because without him Sarapion is hampered in all his business at the tax-collection office. It is dated to year 16 of Augustus, 15 March 14 BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Sarapion to Athenodoros his brother, very many greetings and good health. Know that if you do not come out, I am hindered in all the matters of the tax-collecting office. As for the rest, I am (?) [...]
Farewell. Year 16 of Caesar, Phamenoth 19.
[verso]
To Athenodoros [...]
The praktoreia was the office or business of tax collection. 'Brother' may be a familiar form of address rather than a literal kinship term.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Sarapion à Athenodoros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.