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A private letter from Apion, writing from Alexandria, to his son Horion, gymnasiarch of Oxyrhynchus. He sends greetings and prayers to Sarapis, trusts Horion to manage the estates and especially their irrigation, and gives instructions about wine jars; the end is lost.
The word metewridion, rendered 'small matter in suspense', is rare and its exact sense is uncertain. The gymnasiarch was a leading civic magistrate of the city.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Apion). 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] Ἀπίων Ὡρίωνι τῶι υἱῶι χαίρειν. γενόμενος τῇ κθ ἕωθεν ἐν τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ γράφω σοι, τέκνον, ἀσπαζόμενός σε καὶ τὴν ἀδελφήν σου, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. περὶ τῶν παρὰ σοὶ ἔργων ἀμεριμνῶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐν οὐδενὶ ἐνλείψεις τῶν κατεπειγόντ…
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