o.claud.1.153
Βίθος Χρυσάνθῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις δοὺς ἑπτὰ στατῆράς τινι ἂν θέλῃς. περὶ τοῦ χοιριδίου, ἔλαβα χάριν στατῆρας […]… [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24164
Letter from Bithus to Chrysanthus about staters and a piglet TM 24164Mons Claudianus
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A private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Bithus asks his 'brother' Chrysanthus to hand over 7 staters to whomever he likes, and mentions a piglet and a payment in staters. The rest of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
Bithus to Chrysanthus his brother, greetings.
You will do well to give 7 staters to whomever you wish. Concerning the piglet, I received as a favour (?) staters […]
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The stater here is a money unit of 4 drachmas. 'Brother' may be a term of familiarity rather than kinship, and the sense of 'charin' (as a favour, or 'for the sake of') is uncertain because the text breaks off.
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 Bithus to Chrysanthus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.