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Letter from Kastor to Apollonios about a request granted by the strategos TM 19638Hermopolis (?)113 - 120

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A private letter from Kastor to his 'brother' Apollonios, reporting that after returning from the harvest he reminded the strategos of their petition, which the official granted as an exceptional favour. Kastor encloses a copy of the official minute and sends news that the children and their mothers are well; it dates to about AD 113-120, probably from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[recto] Kastor to Apollonios his brother, greetings. As soon as I came back from the harvest I went to the strategos and reminded him about our request, and thanks be to him: he did it, although it is not his custom to do the same in the case of others. I have also appended for you the copy of the minute (of the proceedings), so that you may know. Our children are well, together with their mothers. Greet all the friends. I pray for your health, lord brother. Farewell. [verso] To Apollonios, brother

Apollonios is likely the well-known strategos of the Apollonopolite-Heptakomia nome whose family archive this belongs to; 'brother' may be a courtesy term. The 'hypomnematismos' is an official minute or record of a decision.

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 Kastor an seinen Bruder 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 · 113 - 120 · Hermopolis (?)

[r] Κάστωρ Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. ἅμα τῷ με ἀνελθεῖν με ἀπὸ τοῦ θερισμοῦ προσῆλθον τῶι στρατηγῶι καὶ ὑπέμνησα αὐτὸν περὶ τῆς δεήσεως ἡμῶν καὶ χάρις αὐτῶι. ἐποίησε γὰρ καίτοι ἔθος οὐκ ἔχων ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ αὐτὸ ποιεῖν. ὑπέταξα δέ σοι καὶ τοῦ ὑπομνηματισμοῦ τὸ ἀντίγραφον, …