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A private letter from Dionysios to Sarapion, sending greetings to his household and discussing a monthly allowance that the man entrusted with delivering it failed to hand over. Dionysios insists he is not at fault and begins to blame Sarapion. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the late 3rd century AD.
The letter breaks off mid-sentence. The greeting to "the horse" (ton hippon) is unusual and may be a pet or a nickname; "epimenia" denotes a monthly allowance or provisions.
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 Dionysius to Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Διονύσιος Σαραπίωνι τῷ ἀσυγκρίτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἄσπασαι πολλὰ τὴν ἀγαθήν σου σύμβιον καὶ Ἰουλίαν καὶ τὸν ἵππον καὶ Τιβέριν, μεθʼ ὧν εὔχομαί σε ὁλόκληρον ἀπολαβεῖν. οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν ξένον τοῦ λαβόντος ἐνέγκαι σοι τὰ ἐπιμήνια καὶ μὴ δόντος. παραγενόμενος γὰρ ἐνθάδε εἶπέν μοι ὅτι οὐ…
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