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A private letter from Dionysios, an inspector (episkeptes) of the Herakleopolite nome, to his sister, telling her to collect a mirror, writing tablets and a tunic from their father Chairemon, and sending greetings. He adds that because the strategos has pressed him on some matter, Ariston should read her the note sent to him; the letter dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
An episkeptes was an official who inspected land, often to assess its condition for taxation. The line about grapes is broken and its sense is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Dionysius). 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] Διονύσιος Τ[…] τῆι ἀδελφῆι χαίρειν, κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς Χαιρήμονος ἔσοπτρον καὶ τὰ δελτάρια καὶ χιτῶνα Ταψόιτος. ἄσπασαι τὰ παιδία καὶ τοὺς ἐν οἴκωι, ἀσπάζεταί σε Χαιρήμων καὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ Ἄγαθός σε ἀσπάζεται ἐρχομένῳ σταφυλὰς […] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι ἐπεὶ ὁ στρατηγός μοι…
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