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Letter from Flavius Abinnaeus, commander at Dionysias, to Menas, another Menas, Apollos and other friends, urging them to pay what they owe to his brothers and son. He itemizes the debt: dates, barley, maintenance costs at Narmouthis and wool, reckoned in talents and denarii. It dates to about AD 348-351, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
The figures reflect the severe inflation of the 4th century; the sums in talents and myriads of denarii do not add up neatly as preserved. 'Trophaia' (maintenance or feeding costs) has no exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Μηνᾷ π…ων καὶ ἄλλῳ Μηνᾷ καὶ Ἀπολλῶτι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς φίλοις Ἀβιννέως χαίρειν. σπουδάσατε συμπληρῶσαι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ τῷ υἱῷ μου εἴ τι ὀφείλετε ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσατε δοῦναι εἴ τι ὀφείλετε ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου φοινίκων ἀρταβῶν τεσσεράκοντα πέντε, ἑκάστης ἀρ…
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