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A short private letter of greetings from Harpokration to his sister Aurelia Herais, wishing her and her children good health and passing on greetings to and from various relatives and friends, including a woman doctor. It dates to the early 3rd century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The word iatrine refers to a female physician, a notable attestation of a woman doctor. 'Sister' may be used affectionately rather than literally, as often in letters of this period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Harpocration). 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] Ἁρποκρατίων Ἡραΐδι τῆι ἀδελφῆι χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν τέκνων σου καὶ τῶν σῶν πάντων. γράφω δέ σοι καὶ ἐγὼ ἐρρωμένος καὶ εὐχόμενός σοι τὰ κάλλιστα. ἄσπασαι Ἀπολλώνιον καὶ Διονύσιον καὶ Πλουτογένειαν καὶ Εὐτυχίαν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν θυγατέρ…
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