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The docket tells us that the travellers were now in Boubastos, no doubt the Metropolis in the Delta. Amyntas recommends a friend of his called Alexandros, who had been requisitioned for some public service, and asks Zenon to get him excused on the plea of ill health.
Ἀμύντας Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ἀποδιδούς σοι τὴν ἐπισ τολὴν τῶν φίλων τινὸς τῶν ἐμῶν ἐστὶν οἰκεῖος καὶ αὐτῶι δέ μοί εἰσι συ νήθειαι, τυγχάνει δὲ προκεχειρισμένος ὑπό τινος. χαριεῖ οὖνοὖμ μοι συσπουδάσας, εἰ ἔστιν ἐν δυνατῶι, ἀφεθῆναι αὐτόν. ἔστι γὰρ καὶ τῶι σώματι ἀσθενέστε…
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