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A private letter from Sarapias to Ischyrion, whom she calls brother, from Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. She is glad he is coming for the festival, explains that provisions and a tunic made by his mother are being held for him, sends greetings, and mentions the family's anxiety at his long silence.
"Brother" may be a term of affection rather than literal kinship, since the letter refers to "your mother" and "your father". The tunic is described as eriox ylon, "tree-wool", probably cotton; epimenia are monthly rations or provisions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sarapias to Ischyrion). 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] Σαραπιὰς Ἰσχυρίωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν λίαν ἐχάρην κομισθέντων σου τῶν γραμμάτων ὡς πρὸς τὴν ἑορτὴν ἐρχομένου σου πρὸς ἡμᾶς. πολλὰ δέ σοι ἐπιμήνιʼ ἃ ἐμέλλομεν πέμπειν, ἐπέσχομεν προσδοκῶντες τὴν παρουσίαν. τὸν χιτῶνά σοι τὸν ἐριόξυλον ἡ μήτηρ σου κατεσκεύασε. ἐζητοῦμεν τὸν δυνά…
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