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Private letter from Horion to his brother Valerianus, reporting his arrival in Alexandria and the departure of the cavalry, and a visit he and Hermeinos made to an official. The rest of the letter, with instructions and reassurances, is badly damaged.
The letter uses Latin military terms in Greek spelling: kolliklarios (probably cornicularius, an adjutant or clerk) and expounkeros (perhaps expunctor, an auditing officer); their exact sense here is uncertain.
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] χαῖρε Οὐαλεριανὲ παρὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι τῇ α ἐγενόμην εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν καὶ τῇ β ἠρμένοι εἰσὶ οἱ ἱππεῖς· προσήλθαμεν ἐγὼ καὶ Ἑρμῖνος αὐτῇ, ἣν κατέβην ἡμέραν τῷ κολλικλαρίῳ, περὶ οὗ μοι ἐδήλωσας […]μὴ πάντα καλῶς […]μαι οὖν τὰς δύο […]τάχα δύναμαι τὸ […]ου λαβεῖ…
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