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Letter of recommendation from Demetrios to the strategos Apollonios TM 19592Hermopolis (?)113 - 120

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A letter of recommendation from Demetrios, a former strategos of the Arsinoite and other nomes, to Apollonios, strategos, asking him to help Hermaios, a friend of Demetrios' father, while he travels in Apollonios' nome. It dates to AD 113-120, probably from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[recto] Demetrios to Apollonios his brother, greetings. I commend to you, brother, Hermaios, who is a friend of my father, so that you may assist him while he is travelling about in the nome under you […] […] [verso] To Apollonios, strategos, from Demetrios, former strategos of the Arsinoite and other nomes.

"Brother" is a customary courtesy between officials and need not mean a blood relation. The recipient is the strategos Apollonios, whose archive is known from Hermopolis.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Empfehlungsbrief des Demetrios). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 113 - 120 · Hermopolis (?)

[r] Δημήτριος Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. Ἑρμαῖον φίλον ὄντα τοῦ πατρός μου παρατίθεμαί σοι, ἄδελφε, ὅπως αὐτῶι συλλάβῃ, ἕως ἂν διατρέχῃ ἐν τῶι ὑπὸ σοὶ νομῶι[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατηγῶι παρὰ Δημητρίου … γενομένου στρατηγοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου καὶ ἄλλων νομῶν