p.iand.6.109
[r] Ἀρητίων Νείλῳ τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἄδελφέ, συλλέξας τὸ λεῖπον κερμάτιον, ἐπεὶ ἔγραψέ μοι ὁ κύριος μου Τίτος ? [… 2 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …] [v] […]Νείλῳ φιλ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 17335
Letter from Aretion to Neilos about collecting remaining money TM 17335unbekanntca. 200
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Fragment of a private or business letter from Aretion to Neilos, asking him to collect the remaining small sum of money because Aretion's lord Titos had written to him. The rest of the letter is lost; the back preserves part of the address to Neilos. It dates to around AD 200.
In English machine translation
[recto]
aretion to Neilos, his most honoured, greetings.
You will do well, brother, to collect the remaining small change, since my lord Titos wrote to me […]
[…]
[verso]
[…] to Neilos, friend (?) […]
The word kermation means a small sum of coin, 'small change'. The reading of the name Titos after 'my lord' is uncertain in the edition.
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.