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A private letter from Aurelius Sarapion to his son Aurelius Patas, urging him to come up quickly and not to neglect the matter. A postscript asks him to have a certain Mius open something before leaving, but it breaks off. Dated to the 3rd century AD.
The phrase 'anankaiōs chōrein' is awkwardly constructed and its exact sense is uncertain. The postscript is broken off, so what Mius was to open is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre d’Aurelios Sarapion à Aurelios Patas). 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] Αὐρήλιος Σαραπίων Αὐρηλίῳ Πατᾶτι τῷ υἱῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις λαβὼν ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα, ἀνέλθε ἐν τάχει, ἀνάγκαίως χωρεῖν, ἀλλʼ ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς. εἴδεις ὅτι καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀμελῶ εἴς σε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. ἀπερχόμενος δὲ ποίησον Μιῦσιν ἀνοίξειν […] [v] ἀπόδος Πατᾶτι ἀπὸ Σαρ…
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