Letter from Apollonios to Artemas about money, oil and camels TM 30385OxyrhynchosIII

[recto] Apollonios to Artemas his brother, greetings. Before all else I pray to all the gods that the finest things in life may be yours. And now I have given your brother 500 drachmas, and to Ptolemaios I have already transferred part, as he wished. I am surprised that you have spent so much money on oil. You put in six twice (?); for here the Ammoniac is 220 drachmas and the Oasis oil 200 drachmas. So if you are taking it for some other purpose that can benefit us, you do well. You wrote to me as though I were abusing you in your absence, and this is worse than the first things. For if you know my mind fully, you ought not to be judged as a mere man (?). I also wrote to you on another occasion that I neither detained Hermias' camel nor anyone else's. If you want me to write these things, I write them to you; for perhaps you do not read what I write to you. What Ammonas and the automataris Anthropas and all the others suffered here on account of the camels of Koptos you can hear from your brother. Your accursed brothers-in-law are running riot, and I went to great lengths on their behalf for your sake. If […] […] I have a plan, I will tell you. So as not to seem to write too much, I pray for your health. Your brother forced me to sell the blind one. [verso] To Artemas from Apollonios.