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A private letter from Petechon, also called Horion, to his son Horion, sending a small basket containing apples and something else, urging him to work hard and to ask for anything he needs, and passing on greetings from family. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
The sender calls Horion his son yet asks him to greet Herakleides 'your father', so 'son' may be an affectionate term, or Herakleides may be the biological father. One item in the basket is illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Petechon ad Horion). 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] Πετεχῶν ὁ καὶ Ὡρίων Ὡρίωνι υἱῷ χαίρειν. κόμισαι διὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον σφυρίδιον ἐν ᾧ […]ρ…βυδια καὶ μῆλα. Φιλοπόνει μᾶλλον καὶ εὐτυχὴς γενοῦ· μὴ ἀμελήσῃς εἴ τι ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχῃς, δήλωσον ἡμῖν. ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ παρʼ ἡμῖν πάντες καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου Ἐλ[…]στιλειαν κα…
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