Letter from Elias the notary to Andronikos about linen cloths and letters TM 37467OxyrhynchosVI

[recto] […] ☧ I have spent many days since I reached Herakleopolis, and thinking that I would catch up with you during them, I held back the two letters to you which I am carrying. But learning again that you are still dawdling there, I have now sent them through the most esteemed Menas, in case they [contain?] a necessary reply. Concerning the two pairs of linen cloths, I want you to know that I handed them over to Menas the collectarius, and through him they were delivered to lord Asokas the tabularius. […] the same lord Menas affirmed that he had delivered the two pairs, and, being pressed by me, promised to send the copies to you whenever I crossed over to him on leaving Alexandria; and since it happened that he fell into some unpleasantness and was not found at Perone, for that reason I did not get a letter from him to you. But lord Menas the collectarius said: "I am getting a letter from him and will send it to lord Andronikos inside a letter of mine," and I have written so that you may no longer be neglectful. The collectarius also says: "Asokas, having brought down some goods, left them with the unloaders and did not take care (?) [...] to take them and give them to me, and the unloaders still have them up to now." And since you did not write to him to give anything and take them, he too left them; and I have reported this also so that you may know. Throughout the whole letter I greet you warmly. † Brother Menas the vestiarius also sends you many greetings through me. † [verso] ☧ Deliver to my master in all things, the most esteemed true friend and brother Andronikos, from Elias, notary.