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A private letter from Geminos to Kronion asking him to fetch the key of his room from the doorkeeper, hand over a fleece to merchants with Herakles present to identify it, and send a donkey so that Geminos can come down. Written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD.
The last sentence is obscure; 'mikoteros' is a misspelling of 'mikroteros' (smaller), and 'ponos' (labour) may possibly be an error for 'pokos' (fleece).
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 Geminos a Kronion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Γέμεινος Κρονίωνι τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, λαβὼν τὴν κλεῖδα τοῦ τόπου μου παρὰ τῆς θυρουροῦ καὶ ἀνελθὼν εἰς τὸν τόπον μου, δοὺς τὸν πόκον τοῖς ἐμπόροις· κεῖται μετʼ ἄλλων τριῶν, δέξαι δὲ Ἡρακλῆν μετʼ ἐσοῦ ἵνα αὐτὸν ἐπιγνῷ, ἵνα συνάλλαγμα γένηται. καὶ νυκτὸς μετʼ αὔρι…
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