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A private letter from Artemidoros to his brother Apollonios, rebuking him for telling someone that a certain Panetbeuis came from Artemidoros and discussing an excess demanded beyond a quarter for year 7. It was written in year 18 of Augustus (13-12 BC) in the Herakleopolite nome.
"Caesar" here is Augustus, whose year 18 gives the date. "Brother" may be a term of affection between associates rather than a sign of 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.
[r] Ἀρτεμίδωρος Ἀπολλωνίωι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν ὡς εὔχομαι· ἡμᾶς τινα παραγραφὴν τω […]… καὶ εὕρομεν τὴν μίαν […] … καὶ οὐ καλῶς ποιεῖς λέγων αὐτῶι εἶναι τὸν Πανετβεῦιν παρʼ ἐμοῦ· παρῃτησάμην ἐπ[…]σειν τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸ πλείω τοῦ ζ ἔτους ἀπῃτημένον τέταρτον· καλῶς…
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