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Letter of thanks from Hermaios to the gymnasiarch Aelius Apollonios TM 19633Hermopolis (?)

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A private letter from Hermaios to Aelius Apollonios, the gymnasiarch, thanking him for his goodwill and friendship and reporting that he has sent a declaration as instructed. He explains he would have come in person had Apollonios not written in advance, and says he prays for him before the god.

In English machine translation

[recto] Hermaios to Aelius Apollonios, the most honoured, greetings. Both in this and in all other things, lord, you show me the goodwill and friendship befitting you, and I am too small to thank you, but the gods will repay you. I have sent you the declaration, as you ordered and indicated, and I would have come, lord, had you not written beforehand also about the form (?), and you have granted me to the god, before whom I make obeisance on your behalf together with all your household. I pray for your health, my lord. [verso] To Aelius Apollonios, gymnasiarch

The prosphonesis is a formal declaration or report submitted to an official; "typos" may mean a model form or a regulation. "Granted me to the god" probably means Apollonios released Hermaios to stay for his duties at the temple.

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 Hermaios an den Gymnasiarchen Aelius 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] Ἑρμαῖος Αἰλίωι Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. καὶ ἐν τούτωι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσι, κύριε, τὴν ἁρμόζουσάν σοι εὔνοιάν μοι καὶ φιλίαν παρέχεις καὶ μικρὸς μὲν ἐγὼ χάριν σοι εἰδέναι, οἱ δὲ θεοὶ σέ ἀμείψονται. τὴν προσφώνησιν, ὡς ἐκέλευσας καὶ ὑπέδειξας, ἔπεμψά σοι καὶ ἦλθον…