Letter from Capitolinus to Sarapammon about wine sales and purchases TM 16597Oxyrhynchos

Capitolinus to Sarapammon his brother, greetings. Before all else I pray for your health, together with your children and your wife, before the Lord God. I am surprised that even now, when Horigenes was coming to me, you told me nothing about anything. I know that I burden you greatly; [...] (?). For silence among philosophers is an answer. Can I then not also refrain from answering? But nevertheless I [...] writing [...] your letters [...]. I think it is good for you to write what the man receives and what he pays out. Before this too I wrote to you in detail through Didymos, and now I write again. It is this: when they were coming to Egypt [...] of Horigenes, 10 spathia of wine, as I wrote, sold at 1,800 drachmas, total 3 talents. And in the month of Pachon 17 (?) spathia of very old wine, and in the month of Pauni another 3 spathia; and of these 20 spathia were sold at the same rate as all, at 1,600 drachmas, total 5 talents 2,000 drachmas. And on Mesore 6 another 10 spathia at 1,700 drachmas, total 2 talents 5,000 drachmas. Total for these 40 spathia, 11 talents 1,000 drachmas, apart from the balance previously reported to you by me. And now receive through the same Horigenes in the same month of Mesore another 10 spathia of wine; let these also be sold at 1,700 drachmas. Send me the price of these in a sealed bag in rough coins (?), for there is need of money. For the cost of the commissions is deducted for you from the previous balance. Receive also through the same man, for your eating, a jar of oil, 1 1/2 choes. If you can, send two ounces of pepper and a sambathon of borides fish together with the earlier commissions. Send also half a chous of honey, all at the price. Do not hesitate to write to me again about everything; if oil fetches more than wine with you, let me know. [Greet] all of ours by name. I pray for your health.