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A private letter from Heroides (Herodes) to Apollonios, complaining of trouble caused by a priest while he was ill at Arsinoe, and asking Apollonios to send whatever he has on hand, a small piece of heather-wood, and to give Dioskoros 10 chanai fish on his account. It was written on 20 September AD 83 in the Arsinoite nome.
The verb rendered 'harassed' literally means 'I was stormed upon'; it is used figuratively of being troubled. Chanai are a kind of fish (perhaps sea perch); the address on the back spells the sender's name Herodes.
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] Ἡρώιδης Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι εὐθέως ἀναβὰς ἐχειμάσθην πολλὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱερέως […]ν…[…]Ἀρσινόηι ἀσθενείᾳ ἀφʼ ὧν μοι παρέχει καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις πέμψας μοι ἐὰν ὃ ἔχηις ἐν χερσὶν ἵνα αὐτ[…] δῶ κόπους γάρ μοι παρέχει ἀσθενοῦντι μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς…
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