Letter from Herodes to Apollonios about building works and timber TM 19456Hermopolitesca. 118

Herodes to Apollonios his lord, greetings. I received your letter of reminder about the works entrusted to me and being carried out, in which you make clear what befits your rank and suits your character, matters over which I, having been so instructed, ought to keep watch. That I do this without ceasing [...] the things that concern you, or the works themselves will bear witness to you when you come. Already, in accordance with your instructions, Herakleios the steward, apart from the foreign timber, has before his eyes the completion of the timber on the spot. The first bedchamber is already [...], while the Boubastian one is about [...] We did not build on top of the storerooms, since [...] are with Apollonios the assistant for clarification, if Herakleios has leisure and approves his [...] timbers. In the other bedchamber, on the tower, by order of the lady, I locked up [...], so that no one [...] the tower, unless there should be some need of the thick timbers lying at the work, for the transport alone; for I made the other (?) [...]