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Private letter from Diogenes to his father Stratippos, opening with a prayer to Sarapis on his father's behalf and acknowledging receipt, through Apolinarios, of jars of meat and olives and baskets of dates. The rest of the letter is lost. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
The word rendered "sweet olives" (glykelaia) is rare and its exact sense is uncertain. The "obeisance" (proskynema) is a standard formula in which the writer prays for the addressee before a god.
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 Diogenes a Stratippos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Διογένης Στρατίππωι τῷ πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σοι καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν· ἐκομισάμην παρὰ Ἀπολιναρίου κεράμια β ἓν κρέως ἓν γλυκελαιῶν καὶ σπύριν φοινικίων καὶ τὸ μικρὸν σπυρίδιον … [… ? lines lost …]
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