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A letter from Besarion, writing from Alexandria, to Apollonios, the strategos, asking him to keep his promise to help settle matters concerning a demand for a workman and an inspection. Besarion wants to sail back upriver but is held up by unfinished business in Alexandria. It belongs to the Apollonios archive, probably from Hermopolis.
The word for the pending matters (meteora) means unsettled or outstanding business. The title 'strategos' in the address is restored, and the end of the letter 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 Brief des Besarion 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] Βησαρίων Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. πολλάκις ἔγραψα παρακαλῶν περὶ τῆς ἀπαιτήσεως τοῦ ἐργάτου καὶ τῆς ἐπισκέψεως. καὶ νῦν ἐρωτῶ, ἵνα ὡς ὑπέσχου βοηθήσῃς, ὅπως ἀπαλλαγῶ τούτων τῶν μετεώρων. ἐγὼ βούλομαι νῦν ἀναπλεῦσαι καὶ ἀθυμῶ, ἕως οὗ ἐκπλέξω ὃ ἔχω ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι μετ…
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