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A private letter on an ostracon from Patrempabathes to Apollinaris, written at Raima near Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert in the mid-2nd century AD. He has heard Apollinaris is about to travel down, reminds him of earlier instructions, tells him to collect a bundle of vegetables from Rufus, and asks him to send a piglet to Didymos.
The 'obeisance' (proskynema) is a customary formula in which the writer prays for the addressee before local gods. 'Go down' probably means travelling from the desert down toward the Nile valley.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Patrempabathès à Apollinaris). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Πατρεμπαβάθης Ἀπολλινάρι τῷ φιλτάτῳ πολλὰ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς καὶ ἤκουσα ὅτι μέλλεις καταβαίνιν. καλῶς ποιήσις, ἄδελφε, ποιήσας μοι περὶ ὧν σοι ἐνετιλάμην. κόμισαι δεσμίδιν λαχάνων παρὰ Ῥούφου. ἀσπάζεταί σε Δίδυμος. σπούδασον πέμψαι ἐκείνῳ τὸ…
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