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A Christian private letter from Ammon to his friend Gonas (Gonatas), complaining that he is the subject of gossip and calling Gonas as witness to a dispute over a wine receipt for 66 spathia, for which a certain Gounthos charged him 7 talents per jar. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, around AD 330.
A spathion is a type of wine jar; the 7 talents per jar reflects the high inflated currency values of the 4th century. The address name appears as Gonas in the greeting and Gonatas on the back.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Ammon). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ ἀσυνκρίτῳ καὶ παραμυθίᾳ τῶν φίλων Γονᾶτι Ἄμμων χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαι τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ περὶ τῆς ὁλοκληρίας σου καὶ τῶν φιλτάτων σου. ἐγὼ μόνον πάνυ ἐμαυτὸν τηρῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀσφαλὴν πᾶσαι αἱ λέσχαι τοῦ κόσμου περὶ ἐμὲ γίνονται. σὲ γὰρ μόνον ἔχω μάρτυρα πῶς ὁ Γοῦν…
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