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End of a letter from Elephantine, written on an ostracon in the 2nd century AD. The writer asks the recipients to buy a very fine horse in the name of Hierax and send it by a certain Karouris. They are also to send Pamythes son of Esoueris urgently by the same man.
The beginning of the letter is lost. The courier's name appears as Karouris and in the shortened form Karour.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…οτη[…] […]σα ἐπʼ ὀνόματος Ἱέρακος ἵππον περικαλλῆ αὐθαιρέτως ὠνηθέντα εἰς ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ πέμψατε αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Καρούριος. Παμύθην υἱὸν Ἐσουήριος ἀναγκαίως πέμψατε ταχέως διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Καροῦρ. ἐρρῶσθαι σε εὔχομαι.
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