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Fragmentary private letter addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome. The writer says that receiving Apollonios' letters is like having homeland, friends and all that is dearest, and mentions the kindness of a certain Ptolemaios.
Belongs to the archive of Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome in the early 2nd century AD. 'Abaskantos' refers to children protected from the evil eye, a common greeting formula.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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] [… ? lines lost …] […]…αρ[…]εν […]…[…]οὐκ ὁμοίως τὸν παρ[…]…ν ἄλλον καὶ ἀποντ[…]…σε ως πε[…]ε[…]ς ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων σου ἅπερ λαμβάνων καὶ πατρίδα καὶ φίλους καὶ πάντα τὰ τιμιώτατα ἀπέχω…[…]…ε… μω οὖν τοῦτο διὰ τη…αλον με εὐθυμότερον ποιήσειν ἐκ τῆς Πτολεμαίου φιλανθρωπίας μᾶλλ…
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