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Fragment of a private letter from Herakleios to his father Dionysios, written in the 4th century AD. He reports sending two large ropes so that palm trees (or palm trunks) can be lowered safely without damage.
"Father" may be a respectful form of address rather than literal kinship. The ropes seem meant for lowering felled palm trunks safely.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Herakleios an seinen Vater Dionysios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Διονυσίῳ Ἡράκλειος […] ἀπέστειλα σοι δύο μεγάλα σχοινία καὶ …ν…[…] ὅπως μετὰ πάσης ἀσφαλείας ποιήσῃς τὸν […] φοίνικας καταβληθῆναι εἰς τὸ μηδὲν βλαβ[…] τόπον καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀπόθεσιν πα[…]…[…] … [… ? lines lost …] ἀπέστειλα δὲ […]
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