Private Letter
Letter from Ammonios to Sabinus, asking him on behalf of Apollinarius to urge Valerius to accept a position offered by Valerius Pius
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Letter from Ammonios to the standard-bearer Julius Sabinus about Apollinarius' post TM 17243unknown place, province of Egypt(?)IInd century A.D.
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A private letter from Ammonios to his friend Julius Sabinus, a Roman army standard-bearer, asking him to persuade Valerius to write to Valerius Pius accepting the arrangement by which Apollinarius has become Pius' secutor (attendant). Ammonios offers to come downstream if needed. It dates to around AD 105 in Roman Egypt.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Ammonios to Sabinus, most honoured, very many greetings.
Apollinarius wrote to me that he has been attached by Valerius Pius and has become his secutor, at the same time indicating that Valerius should write to him thanking him and accepting the post and pledge offered to him, so that wherever he goes he may have him with him. Therefore I urge you, brother, to take my place again and encourage Valerius to write to Pius, trusting in my good faith and pledge, so that in every way you may be not only a helper in the matter but also a good pilot, doing a favour to a son for his father. If somehow you […] […] while it is the season for sailing downstream, let me know and I will come to you quickly. However, I am confident that you will not hesitate at all in the matters set out above. Above all I pray for your health.
Farewell, most honoured Sabinus.
[verso]
To Julius Sabinus, signifer, from Ammonios his friend.
A secutor was a military orderly attached to an officer; Sabinus is a signifer (standard-bearer). Valerius appears to be the father of Apollinarius, hence 'doing a favour to a son for his father'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ammonius to Sabinus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Private Letter
Letter from Ammonios to Sabinus, asking him on behalf of Apollinarius to urge Valerius to accept a position offered by Valerius Pius
p.mich.8.485
[r] Ἀμμώνιος Σαβείνωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἔγραψέ μοι Ἀπολινάριος προσκληρωθῆναι ὑπὸ Οὐαλερίου Πείου καὶ γεγονέναι σεκούτορα αὐτοῦ, ἅμα δὲ δηλῶν ὅπως Οὐαλέριος γράψῃ αὐτῶι εὐχαριστῶν αὐτῶι καὶ ἐπιδεχόμενος τὴν γενηθεῖσαν πρὸς αὐτὸν στάσιν καὶ δεξιάν, ἵνα καὶ ὅπου ποτὲ …