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Letter of the hieropoios Herakleides to Apollonios asking for a man's release TM 19455Apollonopolites Heptakomias
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Letter from Herakleides, a serving hieropoios (temple official), to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, asking him to release a man who had done him a service, out of piety toward the gods and respect for the writer. The opening is lost.
In English machine translation
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without our letter […] to you, certainly the things in which you had helped him.
Since he has done this for me, I ask you, both for the sake of piety toward the gods and for our honour, to release him.
Herakleides, hieropoios in office: I pray for your health, most honoured one.
Farewell.
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To Apollonios, strategos of the Heptakomia.
A hieropoios was an official responsible for sacrifices and festivals; 'enarchos' means currently in office. Apollonios's strategia belongs to the early 2nd century AD (c. AD 113-120), though no date is given in the records.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schreiben des ἱεροποιός Herakleides 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.
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