Letter from Dioskourides to Nearchides about work on dykes TM 32352HermopolitesIV

To my lord brother Nearchides, Dioskourides, greetings. From what our father Hierax wrote, I am grateful for your disposition, lord brother, that you wished to correct the mistake. For you ought, at the height of the work, to have had our affairs done first and not to have preferred others, neglecting us. And this grieved me greatly, that the dykes still outstanding are being worked with difficulty. You will do well and in a manner befitting your nobility when you correct the first mistake and have our dykes done properly. And of those from Demetrios, brother Neilos, early today, which is the thirtieth, departed with your brother Okeanios for the northern parts before the delivery of the letter of father Hierax. And at the new moon he will certainly be written to, so that we may obtain copies for you about the villagers not being withdrawn from the work on the dykes at your place. I pray for your health for many years, my lord brother.