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A private letter from Harpokration to his brother Phileas, reminding him to send 2 drachmas to a boat and asking for news about a collection of dues and whether Isidoros and his associates have paid. It closes with greetings to their father Saprion and was found at Oxyrhynchus, dating to the 2nd century AD.
"Brother" and "father" may be terms of affection rather than literal kinship. The middle of the letter is lost between the two fragments.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Harpocration). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[FrA] Ἁρποκρατίων Φιλεᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καθὼς ἐνετειλάμην σοι μὴ ἀμελήσῃς τοῦ διαπέμψαι δραχμὰς β εἰς τὸ πλοῖον. καὶ δήλωσόν μοι περὶ ὧν ἐνετειλάμην σοι καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀπαιτήσεως καὶ εἰ δεδώκασιν οἱ περὶ Εἰσίδωρον. μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς, εν… …[…] [… ? lines lost …] [FrB,r] [… ? line…
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