DDbDP transcription: p.got.13 [xml]
IV spc Lykopolis
κυρίῳ μου ἀ[δελφῷ] Ἡ̣ρ̣[ακλείῳ]
Ἀπ̣[ολ]λ̣[ώνιος].
[ἀ]κούσας καὶ σὲ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἀνάγκ̣αις γε[γ]ε[νῆσ]θαι, οὐχ ἡδέως ἔσχον,
π̣λὴ̣ν ὅσον ἐγχωρεῖ θεοῦ̣ συνεργοῦντος φ̣[ιλ]ονική[σο]μεν κα̣ὶ αὐτὰ δ̣α̣-
5νήζε̣σθαι(*). ὅσα δὲ πέπονθεν ὁ ἀδελφός [μο]υ Ἥρων ἐν τῇ [Λ]ύ̣[κ]ω̣ν̣ [γ]εν̣[ό-]
μενος̣, ἵ̣ν̣ʼ ἐπιλάβη̣τ̣[α]ι Κ̣τ̣ίστου τοῦ μυρ̣[ο]πώλου, οὐδὲ διη[γ]ή̣σασθαι δύ-
ναμαι. κα̣ὶ̣ [γὰ]ρ ὡς ἐν ἐ̣χθρῶ[ν] πό[λ]ει οὕτως αὐτῷ πάντες π̣ροσην̣έ-
χθησαν ὡς καὶ ὀλ̣[ίγου] δεῖν \αὐτὸν/ ἀ̣πόλλυσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν π[ο]λιτ̣ῶν σου.
ἀλλὰ̣ ὡς̣ σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐπιστ̣[ά]τ̣ης αὐτῶν, τὸ παρὸν ὑπερεθέμην, δυνάμε̣-
10νος τὴν παρὰ τῶν μ[ει]ζό[ν]ων ἐκδικείαν(*) αἰτήσασθαι. ἵνα δὲ καὶ
ταῦτα περι̣α̣ι̣ρ̣εθῇ κ[αὶ τ]ὸ πρ̣[όστ]αγμα πέρας λαβεῖν δύνηται, περὶ̣ πάν-
τός σοι γενέ̣σθω, κ̣ύ̣ρ̣[ιέ] μ̣ο̣υ ἄδελφε, πανταχόθεν τ̣[ὸ]ν̣ [Κ]τ̣ίστην
τοῦτον ἀποστεῖλαι δ[ιὰ δ]ημοσίου, πρότερον ἐγγύας παρασχόντα π̣α̣ρὰ
σοί, ἵνα μὴ πάλιν δ[υν]ηθῇ διαφυγεῖν.
15(hand 2) ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κύριέ μου
ἄδελφε τῷ [παντὶ χρόνῳ (?)]
ἐρρωμένο̣ν̣ Traces v
κυρίῳ μου [ἀδελφῷ] Ἡρακλ̣ε̣ί̣ῳ
Ἀπολλ̣ώ̣ν̣[ιο]ς.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
To my lord brother Herakleios. Apollonios (is greeting you). Having heard that you have come under the same constraint, I was really not pleased, except so far as it is possible, with the help of God, for us to strive to borrow this too. I cannot tell how much my brother Heron suffered when he was in Lykopolis to arrest Ktistes, the dealer in unguents. Since, as in an enemie's city, so everybody approached him so that he was almost killed by your fellow-citizens. However, since you are their epistates, I have handed over the present situation, although I am able to demand legal remedy from the authorities. But in order that this affair will be finished and the command accomplished, I wish above all, my lord brother, that it will really be possible for you, through the authorities, to send this Ktistes away, when he has first given security to you so that he will not be able to escape again. (2nd hand:) I wish you good health, my lord brother ... Verso: To my lord [brother] Herakleios ... Apollonios