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A private letter to a man named Ischyrion, written by someone who had received his letter at Herakleopolis. The writer has sent his friend Diogenes to look into a matter concerning him, insists he owes nothing in the Aphroditopolite nome, and asks that Diogenes be sent back quickly because he is needed for the harvest.
The Greek kephalaion, here 'matter', can also mean a capital sum or main point, possibly referring to the debt in question. The final 'to us' is an editorial restoration that sits oddly with 'write'.
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.
Ἰσχυρίωνι τῶι φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· γενόμενος ἐν Ἡρακλέους πόλει τῇ ϛ ἐδεξάμην παρά τινος τῶν σῶν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολὴν ἐν ᾗ ἐσήμαινες πέμψαι τινὰ τῶν ἐμῶν, ὃς ἐπιγνώσεται τὸ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐκτιθέμενον κεφάλαιον· εὐθέως οὖν Διογένην τὸν ἐμὸν φίλον ἔπεμψα πρός σε· σύνοιδ…
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