Letter from Apollonios to the epistates Herakleios about the arrest of Ktistes TM 32848Lykopolis, Sebennytic nome, Province of EgyptIV A.D.

[recto] To my lord brother Herakleios, Apollonios. Having heard that you too have fallen into the same straits, I was not pleased; but as far as is possible, with God's help, we shall strive to borrow even these things. As for what my brother Heron suffered when he was in Lykopolis (?) in order to seize Ktistes the perfume-seller, I cannot even describe it. For everyone treated him as if in a city of enemies, so that he was nearly killed by your fellow citizens. But since you are their epistates, I have let the matter rest for the present, although I could have sought redress from the higher authorities. So that these matters may be removed and the order can be carried out, make it your first concern, my lord brother, to send this Ktistes by all means under public escort, after he has first furnished sureties with you, so that he cannot escape again. I pray for your health, my lord brother, for all time. … in good health … [verso] To my lord brother Herakleios, Apollonios.