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Letter from Demetrios and Pausanias to their father Pausanias about wine sales TM 21965Oxyrhynchos37 - 40

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A letter from two brothers, Demetrios and Pausanias, to their father Pausanias, reporting good wine sales since his departure and asking him to decide how much wine to bring to the city. It also passes on news of a deal made by their friend Munatius. Written at Oxyrhynchos under the emperor Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-40.

In English machine translation

Demetrios and Pausanias to Pausanias their father, very many greetings and good health. On the day you left us we sold 32 choes to strangers, among which were also many thin (?) cheap wines, at 5 drachmas, with goodwill, so that our sales have become very much better, and we hope that they will become better than these. Therefore we write to you so that you may know whether you should bring up the whole or a part to the city. Please leave at Pela […] so that the produce of the fourth wine-press alone may be sold. So, having learned the state of the air where you are, you will be competent about everything. Our friend Munatius, meeting us, said that he had come to an agreement with the people of his village, with goodwill, for the […] at 32 drachmas. Farewell. Year […] of Gaius Caesar Imperator Augustus, Pauni 2 […]

The scribe first wrote 'Tiberius' in the date and deleted it, replacing the emperor with Gaius. A chous is a liquid measure; 'the air' probably refers to weather conditions affecting the wine.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to Pausanias from his two Sons). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 37 - 40 · Oxyrhynchos

Δημήτριος καὶ Παυσανίας Παυσανίαι τῶι πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξέστης ἡμῶν πεπράκαμεν χόας λβ ξένοις προσώποις ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ πολλὰ λέα οἰνάρια ἐκ δραχμῶν ε μετὰ χάριτος, ὥστε αἱ πράσεις ἡμῶν καλλιότεραι γεγόνασι λίαν, καὶ ἐλπίζομεν ὅτι καλλιότεραι τούτων γενή…