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A fragmentary private letter from Hermes to Herakleides, written in the 3rd century AD. Hermes says that while in the Oxyrhynchite nome he asked after Herakleides and learned of his whereabouts twice, at two different places. The rest, which mentions a weaver, is too damaged to follow.
The place names where Herakleides was reported to be are only partly legible. The word 'gerdis' means a weaver.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Hermes a Herakleides). 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] Ἑρμῆς Ἡρακλείδηι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. γενόμενος ἐν Ὀξυρυγχείτῃ ἐπυθόμην περὶ σοῦ καὶ ἔμαθόν σε ἐν …ρηκτῃ· ὕστερον δὲ πάλιν ἐξετάσας ἔμαθόν σε ἐν ρ…[…]…[…]ἐγὼ ἐρώτησα εἰ ἐδήλωσέν μοι πῳ ἀλλα γραφεται εἰ […] γέρδις α[…] κ…ιδια ἀναγκαίως σοι οἶδα […]αφειλ…ρα [v] παρὰ Ἑρμοῦ γραμ…
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