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A private letter from Apollonios, a citizen of Antinoopolis, to Herakleides, whom he addresses as lord and patron, reproaching him for forgetting a request. The rest is too damaged to follow but mentions a temple of Herakles. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
An Antinoite is a citizen of Antinoopolis, the city founded by Hadrian in AD 130. The opening greeting uses the unusual optative form 'chairois'.
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 Apollonios a Herakleides). 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] χαίροις κύριε Ἡρακλείδη παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Ἀντινοέως· ὧν σοῦ ἐδεήθη ἐπελάθου καὶ θαυμάζω πῶς οὐκ ἀναμνησθῆς καίτοι π[…] μοι ὑποστ[…]…ε ερο[…] τῷ ἱερῷ τῷ […]λουντο […]ς Ἡρακλέους […]μα[…]…[…] […]ον[…]καὶ δ[…] […]…ο…[…] […]ἔγραψα […] [v] Ἡρακλείδῃ τῷ πάτρωνι
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