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A private letter from Asklas to Soterichos, written after Asklas arrived in Alexandria. He sends greetings, asks about Soterichos' health, greets several people including Heras and Ptollas, and asks him to pass an enclosed sealed letter to Apollos.
The right side of the papyrus is lost, so the ends of most lines are restored or missing. The 'letter sealed together' was apparently a second letter enclosed with this one for forwarding.
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] Ἀσκλᾶς Σωτηρίχῳ τῷ[…] πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν ὡς εὔχομαι· γενόμενος[…]ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἀναγκαῖονἡγησάμην διὰ γραπτοῦ ἀσπάσασθαί σε καὶ[…] διὰ παντὸς περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου ἐρωτᾶν ὅπως μὴ ἀγωνιῶ[…] ὡς διʼ ἐστιν μετὰ τὸ …[…] ἀσπάζου Ἡρακλει[…] Ἡρᾶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ…
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