Fragment of a letter from a certain Dionysios that apparently transmitted an account covering a period beginning on Hathyr 17 in a year of an emperor styled Germanicus. The surviving part mentions an agent (cheiristes), sums received and spent, and 120 drachmas.
In English machine translation
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[…] Germanicus. […]
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[…]opos, slave (?) […]
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[…] he spent […]
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A cheiristes was a manager or agent handling funds or property; the title has no exact English equivalent. The emperor's name is lost, only the epithet Germanicus survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of Letter Transmitting Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.