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A private letter from a man whose name begins Herm... to his patron Serapion, whom he calls his patron and foster-father. He thanks him for remembering him in letters, reports making supplication on his behalf before the Dioskouroi and Serapis, and sends greetings to his household.
The proskynema (act of obeisance made for someone before a god) is a common formula in letters of this period. The greeting from 'all the gods here' is an unusual phrase.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Herm... to Serapion). 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] Ἑρμ…[…]…[…][…] καὶ ε[…] χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένον διαμένειν ὅλῳ τῷ σώματι εἰς μακροὺς χρόνους, ἐπεὶ ἡ τύχη σου ἐπέτρεψε ἡμῖν ἵνα σε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ ἀσπασώμεθά σε. ὡς καὶ σὺ γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐμνήσθης παρʼ ἕκαστα κατʼ ἐπιστολήν, οὕτως καὶ ἐγὼ ἐνθάδε τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ…
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