One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19475
Letter of recommendation for Apollous from Claudius Apollonios to Apollonios TM 19475Thinites113 - 120
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Fragment of a letter of recommendation from Claudius Apollonios, strategos of the Thinite nome, to Apollonios, strategos of the Heptakomia, introducing Apollous, a woman of his household who carried the letter. It dates to AD 113-120.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Claudius Apollonios to the most honoured Apollonios, greetings.
Apollous, who is delivering the letter to you, being a member of my household, brother, I commend to you, so that in whatever matters she may need you [...]
for it is a concern to me [...]
... to me [...]
you wish [...]
[verso]
[To Apollonios, strategos of the Heptakomia,]
[from Claudius Apollonios, strategos of the Thinite nome.]
The address on the verso is entirely restored by the editor. 'Brother' is a polite form of address between officials, not necessarily a family relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brieffragment: Klaudios Apollonios, Stratege des Thinites, 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.
p.giss.apoll.41
[r] Κλαύδιος Ἀπολλώνιος Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. Ἀπολλωνοῦν τὴν ἀναδιδοῦσάν σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον οἰκιακήν μου οὖσαν, ἄδελφε, παρατίθεμαί σοι, ἵνʼ ἐν οἷς ἐάν σου δέηται κατατει[…] μέλει γάρ μοι[…] … μοι κ[…] βούλει ἐπι[…] [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατηγῶι ἑπτακωμίας ἀπὸ Κλαυδίου Ἀπο…