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Fragment of a letter giving instructions to buy various kinds of goods, apparently textiles or garments of thick and fine quality, at stated prices in drachmas and obols. The verso preserves part of the address, from someone whose name ends in -nios to Hierax. It comes from the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome in Upper Egypt.
The words 'sakoutes' and 'brakariai' are rare terms, probably for types of cloth or garments (brakariai perhaps related to Latin bracae, trousers); their exact meaning is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Briefes). 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] […]ιδίᾳ δὲ αὐτῇ τε ἤ σοι ἢ […]μοι εἴς τινα εἰδότα ἀγόραζε δραχμῶν ὀκτώ σακουτες δραχμῆς α τριωβόλου ἐκ πάντων παχέας δὲ ἃς λέγομεν βρακαρίας δραχμῶν δύο μ…ς λεπτὰς δὲ δραχμῶν δύο λεπτὰς δὲ τὰς πρωτρίδας δραχμῶν[…]ὀβολοῦ …εει[…]στες τ[…]ὀβολοῦ […] ἐμοὶ[…]ας καὶ [v] […]νιος Ἱέρ…
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