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A private letter of the 2nd century AD from Apollinarios to his brother Herminos. He is sending a cloak through Neous and asks Herminos to send him the money for it. He also says he is looking after Herminos' house and complains of suffering terribly at someone's hands.
The name is spelled Apolinarios in the text, a common variant of Apollinarios. 'Brother' may be a term of affection 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 Brief des Apollinarios an Herminos). 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] Ἀπολινάριος Ἑρμίνωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὰ μεγάλα πράττειν. δίδωμι τὸ πάλλιον Νεοῦτι τῶι υἱῶι τοῦ λεγομένου Φ…[…]ου φροντίζων σου, καὶ σὺ φρόντισόν μου πέμψων μοι τὸν χαλκὸν τοῦ παλλίου. φροντίζω αὐτὸς τῆς οἰκίας σου διά σε μ…
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