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A private letter from Asklepiades to his brother Herakleides, reporting that the toparch (a district official) has not answered a letter and urging Herakleides to settle the matter when the toparch visits Herakleopolis. Asklepiades explains that an eye inflammation has kept him from travelling to his brother. It is dated to 22 August 9 BC in the Herakleopolite nome.
"Caesar" is Augustus, whose 21st regnal year fixes the date. "Brother" may be a term of affection or familiarity 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.
[r] Ἀσκληπιάδης Ἡρακλείδηι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν καθάπερ εὔχομαι· γίγνωσκε ὅτι περὶ οὗ πέπομφας ἐπιστολίου ὁ τοπάρχης ἀπόκρισιν ἡμῖν οὐ δέδωκεν περὶ τούτου· ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ τοπάρχης παραγίγνεται εἰς Ἡρακλέους πόλιν παρά σοι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος μὴ ἀμελήσῃ…
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