Rekto: Propyläen Weltgeschichte 3 (1962), nach S. 584; Heidelberger Jahrbücher 8, 1964, S. 159; Seider, Paläographie I, Tafel 10, 16, vor S. 51; Verso: Seider, Paläographie III, 1, S. 368
1 Dionysia to her lord Theon, greetings and good health. I myself am also well, and
I continue to keep the best remembrance of you because of all the good (I received
from you). And I pray to the gods that I may hear you are healthy in many ways, because
you both rescued us from enemies and left us again when you departed against the enemy.
Know therefore that as you instructed me to carry out and sell the excess goods, when
I took out the mattress 5 Neon seized it in the marketplace and took it away, using no ordinary violence.
And so it was judged for me that I had the right to petition the presiding official
in the city (o epi tes poleos), since you are away rather than present. And when he
appeared with me, having treated me in such a terrible way, it was decided that it
should be sealed up and kept in the town hall (archeion) until the time when you are
present. For he was saying that you are not on military service and I am not part
of a military household, but that you had sailed upriver due to 10 work and you are not under royal command. And I have been distressed to no ordinary
degree because Marsyas has sent a letter, but you have written nothing to me. So you
will give me pleasure even now if you write back with news of you, whatever there
is, so that I may be free from anxiety, please. Take care of yourself so that I may
greet you in good health. Greet Marsyas and Ammonios. Aline and her children greet
you. 15 Farewell. Year 44, Phaophi 5. Above all I bid you remember how you left me behind
alone like the dogs and you did not stand by the things you were exhorting. Even now
remember us.