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Extracted Koine Greek (normalized line breaks)

νιος τοῖς δεσμοφύλαξι χαίρειν.
ἄφετε ἄφες Σε…ιν.
ἀπήγαγεν Πτολεμαῖος δι’ ἐμοῦ.
διεγγεγύηκαι γὰρ Ἡρακλείδην τὸν υἱόν.
ἔτι δὲ οὐκ ὀρθῶς πεπράχατε πρώην/πρώιην διεγγυήσαντες αὐτόν.
ἀφεῖναι ἐμοῦ συντάξαντος πάλιν ἀπηγάγετε αὐτόν.
ἔρρωσθε.
ἔτους Ἁθὺρ κς.

Extracted Latin

None detected.

English translation (best-effort)

“… to the jailers, greetings.
Release … (name unclear: ‘Se…in’).
Ptolemaios took him away through me (i.e., at my agency / with my involvement).
For he has also provided bail/guarantee for Herakleides, the son.
But even so you did not act correctly the other day (earlier), when you released him on guarantee.
Although I gave instructions to release him, you took him away again.
Farewell.
Year …, Hathyr 26.”

Notes on uncertainties (damaged/unclear readings)

• The opening name/title is incomplete: νιος likely preserves only the end of a personal name (e.g., “…νιος”).
• ἄφετε ἄφες Σε…ιν: the person to be released is unclear due to a gap/break in the name.
• διεγγεγύηκαι / διεγγυήσαντες: read as forms of “to give security / stand surety (provide bail).”
• πρώην/πρώιην: both spellings appear; sense is “previously / the other day.”
• ἔτους Ἁθὺρ κς: Egyptian month Hathyr, day 26; the regnal year number is not preserved here.