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A private letter to Athenodoros reporting that Petechon, a dependent of the writer, has sailed off with his slave and fled to Athenodoros' district. The writer asks Athenodoros to have one of his men arrest him. It was written in the Herakleopolite nome in 13 BC.
"Withdrawn" (anachoresis) is the usual term for flight from obligations of work or tax. Line 6 is badly damaged and its sense is uncertain; "Brother" may be a courtesy title.
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.
[…] Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρῶσθαι· καταπέπληται Πετεχῶν ὁ ἡμέτερος μετὰ παιδαρίου ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἀνακεχώρηκεν εἰς τοὺς κατὰ σὲ τόπους· εὖ ποιήσεις ἐπιτάξας τινὶ τῶν σῶν μετα […]ἐκομιζο…υτοι τὸ γράμμα γενε ἵνʼ αὐτὸς συμψησθῆι· τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑ…
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