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A private letter from Heron and Horion to their brother Chairemon, sent from Alexandria in the 1st or 2nd century AD. They report having made an act of worship on his family's behalf before Sarapis, promise to return soon, and give instructions about contacting Chaireas and Demetrios in their absence.
The proskynema is a formula of letters in which the writer reports praying for the recipient before a god, here Sarapis, presumably at his great temple in Alexandria. "Brother" may be a familiar address 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. 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] Ἥρων καὶ Ὡρίων Χαιρήμονι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. γενόμενοι εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τὸ προσκύνημά σου καὶ τῶν παιδίων σου καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου ἐποιήσαμεν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καὶ Νείλου τοῦ φίλου. εὑρόντες οὖν τὸν ἀναπλέοντα τῇ δ ἀναγκαίως ἔσχαμεν διʼ ἐπιστολῆς σε ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ εἰδέναι …
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