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A private letter from Asklas to his brother Serapion, written in the 2nd century AD. Asklas responds to reports from friends and a letter from Serapion blaming him over something concerning Serapion's child, and begins to swear an oath by Sarapis and Hephaistos before the text breaks off.
"Abaskantos" ("unharmed by the evil eye") is a protective epithet commonly applied to children in letters. The letter breaks off in the middle of the oath, so the substance of Asklas's defence is lost..
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre d’Asklas à 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] Ἀσκλᾶς Σεραπίωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι σὺν οἷς θέλεις. γεινώσκειν δέ σε θέλω ὅτι ἀκούσας παρὰ πολλῶν φίλων ὅτι με μέμφῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀβασκάντου σου παιδίου καὶ ὅτι διʼ ἐπιστολῆς μοι ἐδήλωσας μεμφόμενός με. νὴ τὸν γὰρ κύριον Σάραπιν καὶ τὸν Ἥφαι…
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