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Letter to the strategos Apollonios about a dispute referred to his judgement TM 19604Hermopolis (?)

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A short letter from an unnamed writer to Apollonios, strategos of the Heptakomia district. The writer reports meeting Harpokration at Deios about a matter already raised in person, and says both parties agreed to leave the decision to Apollonios.

In English machine translation

[recto] Greetings, my lord Apollonios. Concerning the matter about which I appealed to you in person, most honoured one, Harpokration happened to come to Deios, and I met with him, and we deferred the matter to your judgement, so that whatever you decide to be just, that will be done. So you will let me know, lord, what seems best to you. I pray for your health, most honoured Apollonios. [verso] To Apollonios, strategos of the Heptakomia

Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolites Heptakomias, is known from a large archive of the early 2nd century AD. Deios is probably a person's name, though it might be a place.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief eines Ungenannten 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 · Hermopolis (?)

[r] χαίροις, κύριέ μου Ἀπολλώνιε. περὶ οὗ σε παρεκάλεσα κατʼ ὄψιν, τιμιώτατε, καὶ ἐκ τύχης Ἁρποκρατίωνος ἐλθόντος πρὸς Δεῖον, συνέβαλον αὐτῷ καὶ ὑπερεθέμεθα εἰς τὴν σὴν διάγνωσιν, ἵνα, ὃ ἐπιδικαιώσῃς, τοῦτο γένηται. τὸ μὲν φανέν σοι, κύριε, δηλώσεις μοι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, Ἀπολ…