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A private letter from Abaskantos to his 'brother' Sarapion, who has been ill, saying he was ready to come and look after him and rejoicing at news from the goldsmith Serenos that Sarapion's fever has gone. It was written in the Oxyrhynchite nome in the 2nd century AD.
'Brother' may be a term of affection rather than a literal kinship. The opening lines are lost, and the reference to a 'day of the gymnasiarchs' is damaged and unclear.
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 Abascantus). 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] [… ? lines lost …] ἅμα τῷ Σερῆνον τὸν χρυσοχοῦν τὸν φίλον ἥκειν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀκούσας[…]…α τὰ περὶ σὲ …[…]ιδια […]ἡμέρᾳ τῶν γυμνασιάρχων ἕτοιμος ἤμην ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ καὶ ὑπηρετεῖν σοι. θεῶν δὲ διδόντων καλῶς ἕξεις. λέγει γὰρ Σερῆνος ὁ φίλος ὅτι ἀπύρετός ἐστιν. τοῦτο δὲ προσδοκία ἀ…
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