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A private letter from Ptolemaios, a chief priest (archiereus), to Heron, whom he calls brother, urging him to pursue a matter concerning the strategos' allotment and the assessment (merismos) of Philopator, and promising to cover a certain expense. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome (modern Kasr el Banat).
The meaning of the letter is obscure: the 'strategic allotment' may refer to an appointment or election to the office of strategos, and 'emblema' (here 'outlay') is a term of uncertain sense. 'Brother' may be a term of affection rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of a Chief Priest). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from Ptolemaeus, archiereus, to his brother Heron, urging him to use all his efforts to become successful in an election to some office, perhaps that of strategos. The second part of the letter continues with an obscure reference to some allowance that would be made by the…
[r] Πτολεμαῖος Ἥρωνι τῶι φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἀδελφέ, μὴ ἀμελήσας τοῦ κλήρου τοῦ στρατηγικοῦ, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἔθος ἐστί σοι ἀντιλαβὼν ἣν ἐξουσίαν ἔχεις καὶ δύνασαι τὸν μερισμὸν τῆς Φιλοπάτορος ἔχειν. ἐὰν δὲ δέῃ […] τὸ ἔμβλημα τὸ δαπανηθὲν παραδέξομαι, εὔχομαι γὰρ μείζονος ἀξί…
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