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Letter from Aelius Phanias to Aelius Apollonios about forwarded letters TM 19634Hermopolis (?)117 - 120

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A short private letter from Aelius Phanias to Aelius Apollonios, telling him that, as requested, he has sent some letters by way of Areios and that he is about to sail down to Alexandria. It belongs to the early 2nd century AD and probably comes from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aelius Phanias to Aelius Apollonios, the most esteemed, greetings. As you wished, I have sent you the little letters through Areios, one of which I obtained from a very close friend of his, at the request of the friend who lodged with me. The little one greets you. I am writing this to you on the very day I am about to sail down to Alexandria. I pray for your health, my lord. Farewell. [verso] To Aelius Apollonios from Phanias

Apollonios is probably the strategos Apollonios of the Apollonopolis Heptakomias archive, much of which is preserved in Bremen. "The little one" (he mikra) is likely a young daughter.

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 Aelius Phanias an den Aelius Apollonius). 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 · 117 - 120 · Hermopolis (?)

[r] Αἴλιος Φανίας Αἰλίωι Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. ὡς ἠθέλησας, ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ Ἀρείου τὰ ἐπιστόλια, ὧν τὸ ἕτερον ἔσχον ἀπὸ φίλου αὐτοῦ ἀναγκαιοτάτου, αἰτησαμένου τοῦ οἰκήσαντος παρʼ ἐμοὶ φίλου. ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ μικρά. ταῦτα δέ σοι γράφω αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ μέλλων καταπλεῖν εἰς Ἀλεξ…