Ἡρακλᾶς Διογένει τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
γράφω σοι, ἄδελφε, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τῇ νόσῳ χειμαζόμενος· δέ μοι ἐγένετο ἡ νόσος καὶ ἡ αὐτοῦ ἐπιδημία, διότι ἀπρόιτός εἰμι.
[π]αραγενομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐνετείλατο [τ]ῷ ἡγουμένῳ ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ με εἶναι. καὶ [τοῦ] ὑπηρέτου ἐλθόντος πρὸς ἐμὲ καὶ εἰπ[ ] παρε-[ ] δι[ ]ον τὸν[ ]λον μ[ ]ι καὶ χάρις τ[ ]
Apparatus
Heracles, greetings to your brother Diogenes.
I write to you, brother, first being troubled by the disease; but the disease and its epidemic have come upon me, because I am unwell.
When he had come, he commanded me to be safe with the leader. And when the servant had come to me and said [ ] I was [ ] to [ ] the [ ] and grace [ ].