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Letter from Sarapion to his son Justus about a payment TM 25100OxyrhynchosI

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A short private letter from Sarapion to his son Justus at Oxyrhynchus in the 1st century AD. He has sent 24 drachmas 2 obols by Papiris and asks Justus to pay this sum on behalf of Hermes and Achilleus and to confirm receipt.

In English machine translation

[recto] Sarapion to Justus his son, greetings. I have sent you by Papiris 24 drachmas 2 obols, which you will pay on behalf of Hermes and Achilleus, and you will let me know about having received them. Greet your brothers, with whom also farewell. Pachon 6. [verso] […] to Justus his son.

The verb rendered 'pay' (diagraphein) usually means paying into a bank or treasury, often for taxes.

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 Sarapion to Justus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.36.2786

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · I · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Σαραπίων Ἰούστωι τῶι υἱῶι χαίρειν. ἔπεμψα σοὶ διὰ Παπίριος δραχμὰς κδ διώβολον, ἃς διαγράψεις ὑπὲρ Ἑρμῆτος καὶ Ἀχιλλέος καὶ σημανεῖς μοι περὶ τοῦ εἰληφέναι. ἀσπάζου τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς σοῦ μεθʼ ὧν καὶ ἔρρωσο. Παχὼν ϛ. [v] […] Ἰούστωι υἱῶι.