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A private letter from Heraiskos to his father, reporting that he went up to the city (probably the nome capital) to learn the news and that the person expected to come with someone had not yet been found by the 17th. He promises further news, asks his father to write, and reports that all the work is going well. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The words after 'τὴν' in line 2 are damaged; they seem to name the day of his journey (perhaps 'the day before yesterday'). The passage about 'the one coming in with him' is obscure without context.
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.
χαῖρε κύριέ μου πάτερ Ἡραίσκος σὲ ἀσπάζομαι. τὴν αγιο…… τερας ἀνέβην εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα εἰδῶ τὰ καινότερα. μέχρι τῆς ιζ οὔπω εὕρηκαν τὸν εἰσερχόμενον μετὰ αὐτοῦ · πάντες γὰρ ἐστάλησαν. ὅταν ᾖ τι καινότερον εὐθέως σοι δηλώσω, καὶ σὺ δὲ γράφε ἡμῖν, τί ἔπραξας. πάντα τὰ ἔργα εὖ διάκ…
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