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A business letter from Chairemon to Dorotheos, whom he calls his son, found at Oxyrhynchus. He gives instructions about flax, arrears, an oil-press, beehives, wax, loading grain, a receipt for tow, and collecting barley arrears at a price of 225 myriads of denarii per artaba agreed with Tourbon.
The price expressed in myriads of denarii points to the inflationary period of the 4th century AD. 'Son' may be a courtesy form of address rather than a literal relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Chaeremon to Dorotheus). 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] κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Δωροθέῳ Χαιρήμων. καὶ ο…μ…ου ἔγραψα δι… […]…σαι παρʼ ὧν βούλῃ ἀπόστειλον. ὅπως ἀποστείλῃς συνβιβάζων τὸ λίνον καὶ τὴν λοιπάδαν τῆς καθόλου τ[…]ε…σ[…]ε[…]σκοπασας τὸ ἐλαιούργιον καὶ τὰ ζμήνη τον χ[…]ον καὶ τὸν κηρὸν καὶ τὴν ἐνβολὴν τοῦ σίτου καὶ τὴν ἀποχὴν τοῦ σι…
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