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Letter from Hierakion, apparently writing from Alexandria, to his superior Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, reporting that letters sent to the prefect had been handed over but not yet answered because the prefect was busy. Written around 31 August AD 117; the archive was found at Hermopolis (?).
Part of the archive of the strategos Apollonios. The anagoge probably refers to the prefect's attention to the sailing of the grain fleet from Alexandria, or possibly a religious procession; the exact sense is debated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Hierakion an Apollonios aus Alexandrien). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ἱερακίων Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι κυρίωι χαίρειν. ἃς ἔπεμψας ἐπιστολὰς ἀνέδωκεν ὁ ἐπιτηρητὴς τῶι κρατίστωι ἡγεμόνι, μέχρι δὲ τούτου οὔπω οὐδεμία ἀντεφωνήθη, ἐπεὶ τῆι ἀναγωγῆι ἐσχόλαζεν ὁ ἡγεμών. ὅταν οὖν γένηταί τι, εὐθέως σοι μεταδώσω. μετὰ γὰρ τοσαύτας ἡμέρας ὁ ἐπιτηρητὴς τῶι Βησαρίω…
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