Letter of recommendation for Phibas to the strategos Apollonios TM 19594Hermopolis (?)113 - 120

A letter of recommendation addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, asking him to help the writer and especially Phibas, the bearer of the letter. The writer appeals to Apollonios's energy and says the favour will oblige both himself and Apollonios's home town. It dates to AD 113-120.

In English machine translation

The letter belongs to the archive of Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia, whose family came from Hermopolis; the sender's name is lost.

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.