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A private letter of the 2nd century AD from Ptolemaios to Apollonios, whom he calls 'father', urging him to write often as a sign of affection and to say when he plans to sail upriver. He mentions his obeisance before Sarapis and exchanges greetings with family members including Aria and Serenos.
Ptolemaios also mentions 'my father' sending greetings, so 'father' for Apollonios is likely a term of respect rather than kinship. Lines 4 and 13 are partly illegible, and the sense of the sentence about forgetting is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Ptolemaeus). 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] Πτολεμαῖος Ἀπολλωνίωι πατρὶ χαίρειν. ἵνα μὴ ὀκνήσῃς ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸς πρ…ηκον…… ἐρχομένου ἐκ Πήου παρʼ ὑμᾶς· διʼ ὅπερ παρακληθεὶς γράφε μοι συνεχῶς ἵνα διαγνῶ σε οὕτως με ἠγαπηκότα, ἐπεὶ τῷ μὴ γράφειν μοι ἔσται σημεῖον τοῦ δηλοῦν μου ἀμνημονεῖν τὸ προσκύνημά μου ποιεῖν παρὰ τῶ…
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