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Private letter from a woman to Apollonios, probably the strategos known from the Apollonios archive, reporting that she could not find suitable purple dye or wool for his head covering, since what was on offer was of poor quality. She sends greetings to Camilla, his wife and household, and mentions her son, a poet who sings to his own lyre.
"Poietes autolyros" describes a poet who accompanies his own verses on the lyre. The purple (porphyra) was probably dyed wool, and "bright" (oxeia) refers to a sharp shade of colour.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief einer Frau an einen 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.
[r] πολλα…[…] ἀπεβα[…] τοις ὅτι ἐχρόνισαν […]…ι ἀεὶ καὶ ἔδει αὐτὰ κατὰ τρόπον γενέσθαι. περὶ ἧς μοι ἔγραψας πορφύρας πρὸς τὴν σὴν κεφαλὴν ἐζήτησα παν… οὐχ εὗρον τοιαύτην πρὸς ἣν ἔχεις ὀξεῖαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ σαπρὰ εὗρον … τιμῆς. ἐχάρην οὖν μὴ εὑροῦσα, σαπρὰ γάρ ἐστιν καὶ τὰ σύνεργα. ἀσπ…
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