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Letter from Sarapion to his son Sarapion about sums of money TM 17903Oxyrhynchites (?)

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A private letter from Sarapion to his son of the same name about money matters. He has sent 16 drachmas through another son, gives instructions about collecting a matching sum from the boy's mother, and asks about 100 drachmas, offering to come up and demand them himself if they have not been received.

In English machine translation

Sarapion to Sarapion his son, greetings. I have sent you through your brother 16 drachmas, so that you may complete for me the 16th (?). If it is possible, for your brother also receive from your mother the same 16 drachmas, and I will send them on to her. If you have received the 100 drachmas, give them to her. If not, send word to me, so that I may go up and demand them myself. Farewell. […]

The phrase 'complete the 16th' is obscure; it may refer to a 16th instalment, day or share. The provenance in the Oxyrhynchite nome is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.58.3919

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνι τῷ υἱῷ χαίρειν. διεπεμψάμην σοι διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου δραχμὰς ιϛ, ὅπως ἀπαρτίσῃς μοι τὴν ιϛ. ἐὰν οἷον ᾖ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου λάμβανε παρὰ τῆς μητρός σου τὰς ἴσας δραχμὰς ιϛ, καὶ διαπέμψομαι αὐτῇ. ἐὰν ᾖς λαβὼν τὰς δραχμὰς ρ, δὸς αὐτῇ. ἐὰν δὲ μή, πέμψον μοι, ὅπως ἀναβ…