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Letter from Chairemon to Apollonios asking for money and wine TM 25895unbekannt

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A private letter from Chairemon to Apollonios repeating an earlier request to send him what is still owed on his private account, to be handed over to the bearer Deios. He also asks for four double jars of wine and hopes to visit soon.

In English machine translation

[recto] Chairemon to Apollonios, his dearest, greetings. In another letter too I asked you to send me what is lacking from my private account, since I myself am in need. So I ask you to give them to Deios, who will testify something to you under oath. I think that he will certainly do so. And send me through Deios 4 dichora of wine. The gods willing, I myself will soon greet you [...] your children, with whom farewell. Phaophi 16 [verso] To Apollonios, the dearest [...]

A dichoron is a wine jar of two measures (choes). The feminine 'them' (autas) given to Deios probably refers to sums of money (drachmas) implied by the account.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private letter). 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

[r] Χαιρήμων Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι φιλτά χαίρειν. καὶ διʼ ἑτέρας σε ἐπιστολῆς ἠρώτησα ἀποστεῖλαί μοι τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου ἰδίου ἐνλεῖπον, καθʼ ὃ καὶ αὐτὸς χρείαν ἔχω ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε Δείωι αὐτὰς δοῦναι, ὃς μαρτυρήσει σοί τι μεθʼ ὅρκου. νομίζω δὲ ὅτι πάντως ποιήσει. πέμψον δέ μοι διὰ Δείου οἴνου…