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A private letter from […]oros alias Asklapiadas to Herakleides, telling him that relatives have sent word that he must come because he has been nominated to a liturgy (compulsory public service). It mentions a sum of 500 drachmas and urges him to come quickly with Menas, the letter carrier. Third century AD.
A liturgy was an unpaid compulsory public office or service imposed on qualified residents. The lower part of the recto is badly damaged, so the role of the 500 drachmas is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as An 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] […]ωρος ὁ καὶ Ἀσκλαπιάδας Ἡρακλείδῃ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ἐπειδὴ Εὐδαιμονεὶς καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἔπεμψαν τὸν Ἡρακλᾶν, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ σε ἀνελθεῖν, ἐπειδὴ ἀνεδόθης εἰς …
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