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A letter from Sarapion, curator of the small fort at Raima, to Aelius Serenus, curator of the quarry at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert. He reports releasing a man named Valerius, says no news has come from the Nile valley, and urgently asks for two servants able to draw water before a convoy or patrol arrives.
"Familiares" (Latin loanword) were servants or attendants attached to the military posts; "Egypt" here means the Nile valley as opposed to the desert. The phrase about the chaff breaks off unfinished.
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 Sarapion, curator du praesidium de Raima à Aelius Serenus, curator des carrières du Claudianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Σαραπίων Ἀπολλωνίου κουράτωρ πραισιδίου Ῥαειμα Αἰλίῳ Σερήνωι κουράτορι μετάλλου Κλαυδιανοῦ χαίρειν. ἀπέλυσα Οὐαλέριον Χοιὰκ ι ὥρᾳ β καὶ τὰ ὡς ἄρτι οὔπω ἠκούσαμεν περὶ τῆς Αἰγύπτου. καλῶς ποιήσις πέμψον ἡμεῖν τοὺς δύο φαμηλιαρίους τοὺς δυναμένους ἀντλῖν. ἐξαυτῆς πέμψον αὐτοὺς μὴ ἐ…
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