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A private letter from Syrion to his friend Ailouras, sending greetings to him, his children and his wife, and thanking him for collecting from a certain Dionysios an item Syrion had sent. It dates to about AD 113-120 and probably comes from Hermopolis.
The word epitheke, here translated loosely as an item sent, can mean a lid or cover, or an additional payment or supplement; its exact sense here is uncertain. 'May the evil eye spare them' renders abaskanta, a common protective epithet for children.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as II. Brief des Syrion an Ailuras). 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] [… ? lines lost …] Συρίων Αἰλουρᾷ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἀσπάζομαί σε διὰ Χ[…]ος τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντα παιδία καὶ τὴν σύνβιόν σου. χάριν σοι ἔχω ὅτι ἐφρόντισας λαβὼν παρὰ Διονυσίου τὴν ἐπιθήκην, ἣν ἀπέστειλα τῷ Διονυσίῳ. περὶ ὧν θέλεις, γράφε μοι ἥδι…
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