Ἱέραξ στρατηγὸς Ὀξυρυγχείτου Κλαυ-
δίῳ Σερήνῳ ὑπηρέτῃ. τῶν δοθέν-
των μοι βιβλιδί[ω]ν ὑ[π]ὸ Λεωνίδου
το[ῦ] κ(αὶ) Σερήνου τὸ ἴσον ἐ̣π̣ε̣στέλλεταί
(*)
σοι,
ὅπως παραλαβὼ̣ν̣ δημόσιον ἰατρὸν
ἐπ[ι]θεωρήσῃς τὸ
(*)
δηλούμενον νε-
κρὸν σῶμα καὶ παραδοὺς εἰς κηδεί-
αν ἐνγράφω̣ς ἀποφάσεις προσφω-
νήσητε. (hand 2) σεσ[η]μ(είωμαι).
(hand 1) (ἔτους)
κγ
[Μ]άρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου
Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
Ἁθὺρ
ζ
.
(hand 3) Ἱέρακι στρα(τηγῷ)
παρὰ Λεωνίδου τοῦ καὶ [Σερήνου χ]ρη-
ματίζοντος μητρὸς Ταύριο[ς] ἀπὸ Σε-
νέπτα. ὀψ[ί]ας τῆς διελθούσ[ης] ἑκης
(*)
ἑορτῆς οὔσης ἐν τῇ Σενέ[πτα καὶ κρο-]
ταλιστρίδων λειτουργου[σῶν κατὰ τὸ]
ἔθος πρὸς οἰκίᾳ Πλουτίωνος τοῦ [γαμ-]
βροῦ μου τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ υ̣[ἱ]ο̣ῦ̣ Ἀ̣ρ̣ι̣σ̣τοδήμου
(*)
Ἐπαφρόδειτος δοῦλος αὐτοῦ ὡς
(ἐτῶν)
η
βουληθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ δώματος
τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας παρακύψαι καὶ
θεάσασθαι τὰς [κρο]ταλιστρίδας
ἔπεσεν καὶ ἐτελε[ύ]τησεν. οὗ χά-
ριν ἐπιδιδοὺς τὸ βιβλείδιον
(*)
[ἀξ]ιῶ
ἐὰν δόξῃ σοι ἀποτάξαι
ἕνα
τῶν περὶ
σὲ ὑπηρετῶν εἰς τὴν Σενέπτα
ὅπως τὸ τοῦ Ἐπαφροδείτου σῶμα
τύχῃ τῆς δεούσης περιστολ[ῆς] καὶ
καταθέσεως. (ἔτους)
κγ
Αὐτοκράτορος
Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου
Σεβαστοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ Μηδικοῦ Παρθικοῦ
Σαρματικοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Ἁθὺρ
ζ
.
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Λεωνίδης ὁ καὶ Σερῆνος ἐπι[δ]έδωκα.
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Hierax, general of the Oxyrhynchite, to Claudius Serenus, his servant. Of the books given to me by Leonides, the equal of Serenus is being sent to you, so that having received a public physician, you may inspect the indicated dead body and, having handed it over for burial, you may inscribe decisions and call out. (hand 2) I have been informed.
(hand 1) (Year) 23 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar, the lord, of Hathyr.
(hand 3) To Hierax the general, from Leonides, who is also [Serenus], managing the estate of Tauri from Senepht. In the evening of the festival that has passed in Senepht and of the rattlers performing according to custom at the house of Plutio, my son Aristodemus, having wished to look out from the upper room of the same house and to see the rattlers, fell and died. For this reason, handing over the little book, I ask if it seems good to you to send one of your servants to Senepht so that the body of Epaphroditus may receive the necessary wrapping and burial. (Year) 23 of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, the August, of Armenia, Mede, Parthian, Sarmatian, German, the Greatest, Hathyr.
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I, Leonides, also known as Serenus, have delivered.