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A private letter from Aurelius Harpokration to his son Aurelius Arsinoos, telling him to come up on the 12th bringing bread, to send a donkey, a sack and a man named Pakysis by night to fetch grain, and to instruct the linen-weaver Protas about linen garments. It comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, mid-3rd century AD.
The phrase "tō hippikō" is obscure; it may mean "on horseback" or refer to a horse-relay or a place. "Psomia" are small pieces or morsels of bread.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρήλιος Ἁρποκρατίων Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀρσινόῳ τῷ υἱῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν· πάντως ἄνελθε τῇ ιβ τῷ ἱππικῷ καὶ ποίησον ἡμῖν ψωμία· ἀνερχόμενος ἀνένεγκον αὐτά· πέμψεις δὲ ἀνυπερθέτως ὄνον καὶ σάκκον καὶ Πακῦσιν διὰ νυκτός, ἵνα τὴν αὐτὴν κατέλθῃ ὑπὸ σῖτον· καὶ ἔντειλαι Πρωτᾶτι τῷ λινοΰφῳ περὶ τῶν ὀθ…
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