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Letter of recommendation to the strategos Apollonios TM 19593Hermopolis (?)113 - 120

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End of a letter of recommendation addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, asking him to treat the bearer kindly and ensure he receives proper payment for a performance (or display) in his nome. It belongs to the archive of Apollonios, early 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[r] [… lines lost …] […], brother, both to treat him kindly in other respects and to make efforts so that, obtaining the appropriate remuneration for his performance in the nome under you, he may be grateful for his visit to you. For I shall be most grateful to you for this. I pray for your health, my lord brother. [v] To Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias.

The word epideixis may mean a public performance or display, suggesting the recommended man was a performer or orator. The address on the back is largely restored.

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

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […], ἄδελφε, τά τε ἄλλα φιλανθρώπως αὐτῷ συνενεχθῆναι καὶ σπουδάσαι, ὅπως τῆς προσηκούσης ἀμοιβῆς κατὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ὑπὸ σοὶ νομῷ ἐπίδειξιν τυχὼν εὐχαριστήσῃ τῇ πρός σε ἐπιδημίαι. μεγίστην γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτωι χάριν σοι γνώσομαι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κύριέ μου ἄδελφε…