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A private letter, probably from a soldier or official, to a relative in the Arsinoite nome, acknowledging receipt of a letter and asking to be told if his procurator Sokrates causes trouble. He sends greetings to his brothers Aunes and Herakles, their mother and the household; the address on the back mentions the village of Karanis and Asklas.
A procurator (prokourator) here is a private agent managing the writer's affairs. The address on the verso is damaged and its exact wording, including the role of the strategos Apollinaris, is unclear.
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.
[r] πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σοι ὑγιαίνειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω τὴν ἐπιστολήν σου ἔλαβα. ἐὰν βλέπῃς, ὅτι ὁ Σωκρατης ὁ προκουράτωρ μου κόπους τινὰς παρέχῃ περὶ τῆς […]λης, δηλώσατέ μοι. ἔγραψα αὐτῷ περὶ ὑμῶν, ἵνα ὑμῖν προσέχῃ εἰς πάντα. τί ἐποίησεν; ἄσπασαι τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου Αὐνῆν καὶ…
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