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A short private letter from a man whose name begins Apoll[…] to Apion, asking him to send news promptly by someone travelling to the writer about what has been done and is being done where Apion is. It closes with greetings to Besarion and from Appiane, Taapis, Isidora and the household.
The sender's name is broken after Apoll-, so it could be Apollonios, Apollos or a similar name. The phrase translated 'the person coming to us' is literally 'the one coming to us', meaning a messenger who could carry a reply.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀπολλ[…] Ἀπίωνι τῶι τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν. πάντῃ πάντως ἐπιτυχὼν τοῦ πρὸς ἡμᾶς γεινομένου περὶ τῶν παρὰ σοὶ πραχθέντων καὶ πρασσομένων ταχέως δήλωσον. ἀσπάζου Βησαρίωνα. ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἀππιανὴ καὶ Τααπις καὶ οἱ παρʼ ἡμῶν πάντες. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι εὐτυχοῦντα διὰ μακροῦ βίου. ἀσπάζεταί…
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