Letter from Sarapion to Antonius Minor asking for three cows TM 27113unknown place (south of Memphis?), province of Egypt(Late) IInd century A.D.

[recto] Sarapion to Antonius Minor, his dearest, greetings. As I was sailing down to Alexandria I made a point of going to the lodging-house in Memphis belonging to the people of your estate, so that I might write to you from there, and I found no one going to you. Having sailed up with the prefect and having met Marcus our friend, I asked whether you had been there, and not finding you I made inquiries about your welfare, and having learned that you are well I went up rejoicing. So I write to you now, most honoured one, first greeting you and my lord Ammonianus and all your household, and then asking you by all means to lend me, through Morion's people, three full-grown cows, fine and large in body, to break the fallow land (?). For I need them for this. I urge you to make an effort to arrange this for me, so that you may also let me know their price and I will send it to you from here. For I was not able to give the price to Morion's man, who was in a hurry to leave, since it was unknown … was bought together. I pray for your health, my lord, together with my lord Ammonianus and all your household. Send me the cows by all means, since I need them for the estates. And if you have occasion to come to Alexandria, come to me there by all means, since I too will now be going there, with the gods' help. […] [verso] To Antonius Minor, former royal scribe of the Great Diospolite nome.