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End of a letter to the strategos Apollonios TM 19477Apollonopolites Heptakomias113 - 120
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End of a private letter to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, in which the writer, told by a brother that Apollonios constantly remembers them, asks him to confirm this by letter. It dates to AD 113-120.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] our brother informed (us?) that you remember us constantly. I urge you, brother, to make this clear to me by letter as well. I pray for your health, most honoured brother Apollonios.
Delivered Epeiph 8.
[verso]
[To Apollonios, strategos] of Heptakomia.
The beginning of the letter and the brother's name are lost; the address naming Apollonios as strategos is largely restored. The docket records the letter's delivery on Epeiph 8.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rest eines Briefes 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.43
[r] λη…ου… τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μετάδοντος ὅτι μιμνήσκει ἡμῶν συνεχῶς. παρακαλῶ σε, ἄδελφε, καὶ διʼ ἐπιστολῆς τοῦτό μοι φανερὸν ποιῆσαι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, τειμιώτατε ἄδελφε Ἀπολλώνιε. ἐδόθη Ἐπεὶφ η. [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατηγῶι Ἑπτακωμίας.