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A private letter from Ptolemaios to his son Heron, reporting that no buyer has been found and that he is ceding everything to Didymos in return for a third of the loan and other assets. He explains that a dispute with another Ptolemaios has delayed matters, and sends greetings to the family. It dates to the early 3rd century AD, possibly written at Alexandria.
The addressee's title on the verso is partly restored as horiodeiktes, an official who marked or surveyed land boundaries. The place of writing is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ptolemaeus to Heron). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from Ptolemaios to his son Heron, concerning arrangements made for disposing of some property that Ptolemaios had with Didymos and has now ceded to the latter; the writer has also become involved in litigation with another Ptolemaios and regrets that his return home has th…
[r] Πτολεμαῖος Ἥρωνι τῶι υἱῷ χαίρειν. μέχρι σήμερον οὐχ εὕραμεν ἀγοραστήν. ἐκχωρῶ πάντα Διδύμῳ ἐπὶ τῷ λαβεῖν με τὸ τρίτον μέρος τοῦ δανείου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων. εἰ μὴ ὅτι συνεζήτηκα τῷ Πτολεμαίῳ πάλαι ἂν ἀπηλλαγμένοι ἦμεν· ὠργίσθη γὰρ καταβάς. διὸ γράφω σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς. ἀσπάζου τὰ τέκνα …
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