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End of a private letter of the 4th century AD asking an official, addressed as 'my lord', to use his influence to have a certain Sarapion released from his work so that he can attend to the writer's affairs. The lost beginning apparently mentioned a fellow magistrate and a defence made under oath.
The opening seven lines are lost, so the context of the sworn defence and the 'fellow magistrate' 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 Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… 7 lines lost …] τὸν συνάρχοντά σου τῷδε ἀπολογήσῃ ὑφʼ ὅρκου αὐτὰ ταῦτα. δέομαι δέ σου, κύριέ μου, τὰ παρὰ σεαυτοῦ πρᾶξαι εἰς τὸ τὸν Σαραπίωνα ἀπολυθῆναι τοῦ καιροῦ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ καὶ[…]… προσέχειν τοῖς ἡμῶν πράγμασι σχολάζειν· θαρσῶν γάρ σοι ὅτι ποιήσεις ἔγραψά σοι. ἐρρῶσθαί …
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