Ἀμ]μώνι[ος Ἀπίωνι τ]ῷ ἀ[δε]λφῷ χα̣ί̣ρ[ειν].
πρὸ πάντων ἀσπά[ζομ]α̣ι̣ τ̣ὴν ἀδελφὴν καὶ
[τὰ] π̣α̣ι̣δ̣ί̣α̣ σου πάντα. ἐὰν δύ[νῃ] ἐγπλέ-
ξαι περσικὰ τὰ [ἐπ]ὶ τῆς ἀ̣[γορ]ᾶ[ς, μ]ὴ ἀμελήσῃς
ὡς ἰδὼς
ὅτι θεῶν θελόντων ἤδη μέλλι
τὰ ὧδε καταστ[έ]λ[λε]σθαι καὶ μέλλω κἀγὼ
πρὸς σεν
γίνεσθαι. διὸ̣ ο̣ὖν μὴ ἀμελήσῃς καὶ
εἰς τ[ὴ]ν ὀνὴν
καὶ πα[ρα]χρῆμα σο̣ὶ̣
[α]ὐτὰ ἀ̣γό̣ρασαι. πάντ[ω]ς οὖ[ν σ]ὺ πρᾶξον ὡς ἰδὼς
[ὅ]τι τοῦ θεοῦ {θεοῦ} θέλοντος τάχα κἀγὼ
ἐν τάχι
σε κατελα[β]α
εἶπον δὲ κ̣αὶ̣ τῷ κωπῷ
Δι- ονυσίῳ ἵ
να καὶ αὐτὸς ὃ ἐὰν εὕρῃ ἀγοράσῃ.
καὶ διʼ οὗ ἐὰν εὕρῃς ἐπιστολίδιόν μοι πέμ-
ψον. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς μηδὲ ψυχρεύσῃ
τοῦ ὅσα ἐὰν ἐνην
ἀγοράσαι ὡς ἰδὼς
ὅτι οὐ-[δὲν] μέλλις
ἰς ἐμὲ βλάπτεσται
ἀλλὰ οὐ- δὲ λο̣ι̣πῖσται
πάντως οὖν πρᾶ̣γ̣μά σου πρᾶξον ἵ
να δ̣ι̣ὰ σοῦ μόνου τὰ ὄντα ἠν ἀ̣γο̣ρασ̣θ̣έντα περσικά. πάντως μὴ ἀ-
μελήσῃς. ἄσ[π]α[σ]α̣ι̣ Παμμένην καὶ τοὺς
αὐτοῦ πάντας. ἐὰν χρίαν
ἔχῃ Διονύσιος ὁ ἀδελ- φός μου, ἕως δραχμῶν ἑκατὸν δὸς αὐτῷ καὶ λα
αὐ- τὰς παρʼ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἄλλως.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πανοικὶ μετὰ τοῦ οἴκου
σου ὅ̣λ̣ο̣υ̣, ἄδελφε Ἀπίω̣[ν].
None extracted.
To Ammonius Apion, greetings to your brother.
First of all, I embrace your sister and all your children. If you are able to arrange Persian matters regarding the marketplace, do not neglect it, as you know.
For the gods are willing, it is already about to be arranged here, and I too am about to come to you.
Therefore, do not neglect and immediately buy them for yourself.
In any case, act as you know that it is the will of God that I may soon reach you.
I also told the mute Dionysius to buy whatever he finds.
And send me a letter if you find anything. But do not neglect or be careless about whatever you may need to buy, as you know that nothing will harm me, nor will it be a burden.
In any case, act on your matters so that through you alone the existing Persian items may be bought. Certainly do not neglect.
Send greetings to Pammenis and all his people. If my brother Dionysius has need, give him up to a hundred drachmas and take them from me, but do not do otherwise.
I wish you good health with your whole household, brother Apion.