p.giss.1.65a
Κορνήλιος Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. παρακαλῶ σε, κύριέ μου, εἰδότα τὴν ἔχουσάν με συμφορὰν ἀπολῦσαί μοι […]ωνα, ἐπεὶ ἕνεκα αὐτοῦ ἡ ταφὴ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐμποδίζεται. […], κύριέ μου, δηλωθῆναι […]ος ἵνα[…] […]. ἔρρωσο[…]
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Letter from Kornelios to Apollonios asking for a man's release for a burial TM 19454Apollonopolites Heptakomias113 - 120
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Fragmentary private letter from Kornelios to Apollonios, probably the strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome, asking him to release a man whose detention is delaying his brother's burial. It dates to about AD 113-120.
In English machine translation
Kornelios to the most honoured Apollonios, greetings.
I beg you, my lord, knowing the misfortune that has befallen me, to release for me […]on, since because of him the burial of his brother is being hindered.
[…], my lord, to be made known […] so that […]
[…] Farewell […]
The name of the man to be released is lost except for its ending (-on). Apollonios is presumably the well-known strategos of this nome under Trajan and Hadrian, whose archive includes this letter.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Briefes des Kornelios an Apollonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.