Letter 475: Papirius asks Tiberianus to investigate a sale and a will.

Papirius Apollinarius sends greetings to his highly esteemed Claudius Tiberianus. Before anything else, I pray that you are well. I am well too. Every day I make obeisance for you before lord Sarapis. You wrote to me saying that Gaius had sold something. So I ask you, brother, find out what he sold and write back to me. I also heard about Sextus, that he has died. Please learn who his heir is and when his will is going to be opened. Greet Zotike, Kephalon and everyone in his household, and Ptolemaios. Papiria greets you, as do Hermes, Menouthos, and Serapias. On the outside of the letter: for Claudius Tiberianus, veteran, from Papirius Apollinarius.

Παπειρις Ἀπολλινάρι[ος] Κλαυδ[ί]ῳ Τιβεριανῷ τῷ τε[ι]μιωτατῳ χαίρε[ι]ν. πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαί σε 5 ὑ[γ]ιαίνε[ι]ν, ὑγια[ί]νω δ[ὲ] καὶ ʼγ[ώ]. τ[ὸ] πρ[ο]σκύνημά σ[ο]υ ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. ἔγραψάς μοι λέγων ὅτι Γάι(*)ος πέπρα- 10 κέ τι. ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν, ἄδελφε, ἵ(*)να μάθῃς τί πέπρακεν, καὶ ἀντίγραψόν μοι. καὶ περὶ Σέξτου ἤκουσα ὅτι ἀπεγένε- το. γνῶθι οὖν τίς αὐτοῦ 15 κληρονόμος ἐστὶ καὶ πότε ἡ διαθήκη αὐτοῦ ἀνύγεται. [ἀ]σπάζου Ζωτικὴν καὶ Κε- [φά]λωνα καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ πάντες [καὶ] Πτολεμαῖον. ἀσπάζεται 20[ὑ]μᾶς Παπειρία καὶ Ἑρμῆς [καὶ] Μένουθος καὶ Σεραπιάς. v Κλαυδίῳ Τιβεριανῷ οὐετρανῷ π̣(αρὰ) Πα̣[πειρίου Ἀπολλιναρίου].