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A private letter from a son to his father Heron, asking him either to bring some clothes himself to Schedia for the expenses of Theodas or to send them by a trustworthy person and report his costs. It mentions companions Valeris and Sempronis and ends with greetings to the family, dated in the reign of Tiberius (AD 15-36).
Schedia was a river station near Alexandria with a customs post; the Latin names Valeris and Sempronis suggest the writer may have been in military or official service. The final lines, possibly a postscript, are too damaged for clear sense.
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.
[…] Ἥρωνι τῶι πατρὶ χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. […] [… 1 line lost …] […]γίγνωσκε δὲ ὅτι, ἐὰν μετὰ σεαυτοῦ ἐνέγκῃ τὰ ἱμάτια, κομιστέα εἰς δαπάνην Θεοδᾶ αὐτὰ ἐπὶ Σχεδίας, ἵνα μὴ ἀπορῶ. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃς σὺ καὶ μὴ σχολάζῃς, δός τινι ἀξιοπίστωι τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ γράψον μοι, ἃ δεδαπάνηκας. […] …
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