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A private letter from Achillion, strategos of Marmarica, to his brother Hierakapollon, announcing that he is sending people to fetch his sister and asking Hierakapollon to write about his health and his needs. It dates to the 3rd century AD and was found at Oxyrhynchus.
"Brother" and "sister" may be terms of affection rather than literal kinship, and the "sister" sent for may be Achillion's wife. The closing thought, that letters let distant friends seem to see each other, is a commonplace of ancient letter-writing.
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 Achillion to Hieracapollon). 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] Ἀχιλλίων Ἱερακαπόλλωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. μέλλων μεταπέμπεσθαι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἀναγκαίως διὰ τῶν εἰς τοῦτο ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ διαπεμφθέντων γράφω πρῶτον μὲν ἀσπαζόμενός σε καὶ τὴν ἀδελφήν μου καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἡμῶν Διονύσιον ἔπειτα προτρεπόμενος γράφειν μοι περί τε τῆς σωτηρίας σου καὶ ὧν ἐντεῦ…
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