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A private or business letter from Apollonios to Chairemon, a gymnasiarch, about a man who put off a contract for rush reeds until after the harvest because he was ill. Apollonios also mentions sending 22 young pigeons by a certain Sabinus. It probably comes from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
The word read as "patikouras" is obscure and may be a name or a term for a worker. The address on the other side spells the name Chaireimon.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[v] Ἀπολλώνιος Χαιρήμωνι τῶι γυμνασιάρχωι χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι ο πατικουρας οὐδὲν […] […]ε χάριν τοῦ καλάμου τοῦ θρύου …τ[…]… λέγων ὅτι μετὰ τὸν θερισμὸν ἐργολαβήσομαι, ἄρτι γὰρ ἀσθενῶι …[…] θέλεις δὲ πέμψαι τινὰ ε[…] […]υριου …. ἔπεμψα …[…]διὰ Σαβίνου περιστερίδας εἴκ…
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