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A private letter from Palex to his sister Chinthonis, telling her he arrived safely in Alexandria on 20 Epeiph and asking her to send Thonis to him. He complains that the purse of copper money she sent was short of the full sum, and sends greetings from himself and their mother Sarapas to many relatives.
The katholikos was a senior financial official of Roman Egypt; Palex seems to have been attached to his staff (taxis). The letter is in non-standard Greek, and 'sister' may be affectionate rather than literal.
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 Palex to Chinthonis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
This letter, which is in vulgar Greek, tells of the writer's safe arrival in Alexandria, but says that some money in a wallet which had been sent to him was found to be deficient. The writing is across the fibres of the recto. Address on the verso.
[r] Πάλεξ Χινθώνι τῇ ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν. πρὸ μεν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ Σαράπιδι. πᾶν ποίησον σὲ ἀπελθεῖν παρὰ Θῶνιν καὶ πέμψον μοι αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς τὴν τάξιν τοῦ καθολικοῦ παρεδόθημεν, τὸ μαρσί…
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