Μελάνιππος Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. Δημήτριος ὁ ἀποδιδούς σοι τὴν ἐπιστολήν ἀπέσταλται πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν διοικητὴν ὑπὸ Πτολεμαίου ἀρχισιτολόγου τῆς ἐπ. καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις καθὸ ἄν σου χρείαν ἔχῃ παρασταθεὶς(?) καὶ φανερὸν αὐτῶι ποιήσας ὅτι διʼ ἡμᾶς πεπολυώρηται. Ζήνωνι.
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Melanippus to Zenon, greetings. Demetrius, who is delivering to you the letter, has been sent to Apollonius the governor by Ptolemaeus the chief steward of the ... It would be good for you to do as you have need, having been presented (?). And having made it clear to him that it has been greatly delayed for us. To Zenon.