ἐγραψ
σεαυτων τας Ἡρακλείδη
ἐλθεῖν ὧδε
ἔσω παρὰ Ἀπεινᾶν
τηλην καὶ ἀνάγκασον τὴν παιδίσκην καταβάλλειν αὐτοῖς καθʼ ἡμέραν εἴκοσι πέντε κοτύλας πρωί
καὶ ὀψίας, ἕως ἔλθω αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρακαλεῖν αὐτοὺς πείνειν δὶς καθʼ ἡμέραν. οἶδας γὰρ ὅτι ἄλλην ἐλπίδα οὐκ ἔχομεν, εἰ μὴ αὐτὸς ἔρχομαι κάτω πάντως αὐτοῦ κατὰ τάχους. ταχὺ δὲ οὐχ ὑπάγομεν εἰς βορρᾶ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀπέλθω, μὴ πάλιν ἔχε εἰς τὴν ψυχήν σου ὕποπτον· οἶδας δὲ ὅτι οὐκ ἀλλάσσω ἐμαυτὸν πώποτε οὐδὲ δὕο ψυχὰς ἔχω εἰς σέ. ἀναβαίνω γὰρ ἐκείνῃ κατὰ τάχους καὶ ἔρχομαι αὐτοῦ. μὴ οὖν ἀφῇς τοὺς καμείλους μεῖναι εἰς Μαρμειμιν, ὅτι ἤκουκα ὅτι οὐχ εἰλοῦνται. τον χόρτον γάρ, τὸν λαμβάνετε παρὰ Ἀπεῖτος, ψήφισον πόσον γείνεται, ἵνα ἐὰν ἔλθω δῶ αὐτῷ τὴν τιμήν.
τὰς θυγατέρας. ἐρρῶσ(θαι) ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι πάντας
π(αρὰ) Ἰαλίωνος ἀδελφοῦ.
I have written to you about your affairs, the Heracleidae, to come here. Inside, near the Apeiain, to throw down the maidservant, to provide them with twenty-five cotylae each day in the morning and in the evening, until I arrive there, and to encourage them to eat twice a day. For I know that we have no other hope, unless I come down to him quickly. But we do not go up into the north. If I depart, do not again keep in your mind suspicion; for you know that I do not change myself ever, nor do I have two souls towards you. For I ascend from there quickly and I come to him. Therefore, do not let the camels remain in Marmemim, for I have heard that they are not being chosen. For the grass that you receive from Apeiitos, decide how much it is, so that if I come, I may give him the honor. To the daughters, I wish you all to be well.