Ἀρσίνοος Ἀλκίμωι τῷ φιλ(τάτῳ) χαίρειν.
ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου πο̣ίησον πα-
παρασχεθῆναι τω
διεπεμψάμην
εἰς τοῦτο τὴ̣ν ὁμαλισ̣τ̣ικὴν μη-
[χ]α̣νὴν διὰ τὴν κατεπίγουσαν
ἀνάγκην, ἀλλὰ πάντως. διεπεμ-
ψά̣μην δὲ, ἄδελφε, διὰ Ὡρίω-
[νο]ς καμηλείτου
τὸ τῶν κολο-
[βί]ω̣ν ζεῦγος
ὁ δὲ λινόϋφος
[κα]τὰ τὴν ἐμὴ̣ν ἀπ̣[ο]υσίαν
ἠ̣ργάσατο
ὡς γάρ μοι ἐνε̣τ̣είλω, καὶ τὸ
π̣ορ̣φύριον ἐν ἑτο̣ίμῳ ἐποίησα.
[κό]μ̣[ι]σ̣αι δὲ παρὰ τοῦ ὀνηλάτου
[φ]οινικίων (ἀρτάβην)
καὶ κίτρια.
ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλων̣ φοινικίων
χ̣ρῄ̣ζ̣εις, δήλ̣ωσόν μ̣οι, ὅσῳ καὶ
[ἔξ]εσ̣τιν.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι,
φίλτατε.
δύο μέτρα κόρει
ξηροῦ ποίη-
σον ἑτοιμασθῆναι ⟦ἕως τῆς
κδ⟧
καὶ ἔασον αὐτὰ παρά σοι ἕως
ἂ̣ν διέρχομαι
τῇ
κε.
ἔστιν
παρὰ τῷ βυρσῖ
δέρμα̣ βόιον
δοθὲν
αὐτῷ ὑπὸ Ἱέρακος τοῦ τῶν ἀμ̣μ̣ινῶ̣(ν(?))
καὶ τοῦτο ποίησον δοθῆναι τῷ
ὀνηλάτῃ, εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἀναγκαίως
βοϊκῶν οὐειλι̣ς.
ἀλλὰ σπούδα-
σ̣ον̣, ἄδελφε.
Apparatus
^ v.3. l. ᾧ
^ v.3. corr. ex διεπεμψαμτιν
^ v.5. l. κατεπείγουσαν
^ v.8. l. καμηλίτου
^ v.11. l. εἰργάσατο
^ v.21. l. κόρι
^ v.24. l. διέρχωμαι
^ v.25. l. βυρσεῖ
^ v.25. l. βόειον
"Arsinoe to Alkimus, my dearest, greetings.
In every way, make sure to provide
(I) sent (this)
to this communal (thing)
because of the urgent need, but certainly. I sent it, brother, through Horion the camel driver
the pair of the colobones,
and the linen-clad one
during my absence worked
it without a mark.
For as I instructed you, I also prepared the purple in readiness.
And to bring from the merchant
the Phoenician (a type of cloth)
and yellow.
But if you need other Phoenicians, let me know how much is available.
I wish you to be strong,
dearest.
Make ready two measures of dry (cloth)
to be prepared until the 24th
and leave them with you until
I pass through.
There is
a hide of a bull
given to him by Hierakos of the Amminoi
and do this to be given to the merchant, but if not, necessarily
of the bull hides.
But be diligent,
brother."