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A private business letter from Herakleides to his brother Athenodoros, complaining that despite repeated requests Athenodoros has not written to the accountants of Koma so they would take delivery of some grain. Dated year 22 of Augustus, Hathyr 17 (November 9 BC), from the Herakleopolite nome.
The phrase about the grain falling to 'the one in charge of the price' is obscure; the sense may be that the grain would be sold off at an official price. 'Brother' may be a courtesy term rather than literal kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἡρακλείδης Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν ὡς εὔχομαι· πλεονάκις σοι ἔγραψα καὶ διὰ λόγων ἠρώτησα γράψαι τοῖς ἐπὶ λόγοις τῆς Κόμα ἵνα τὸ σιτάριον παραλάβωσιν κʼ οὐκ ἐποίησας· πάλαι ἐμοὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιρρίψεις, οἶδά σε μὴ ὄντα ἀμελῆν· ἐὰν γὰρ λάθῃς, …
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