Letter from Servilius to Nemesion about goods sent to Philadelphia TM 25918Philadelphia (Arsinoites)I

[recto] Servilius to Nemesion his brother, very many greetings and good health. What you wrote to me about in your letter I have done. Receive from Julius my son-in-law five sheets of papyrus and a kotyle and a quarter of first-quality Italian rose oil; for the kotyle I paid 8 drachmas, gladly. And receive from Antonius son of Leonidas, soldier of the cohort, a little ring of two quarters. A small stone of silphium such as you wrote to me about I did not find, but one was bought for 2 drachmas 3 obols on which there is a Harpokrates. Receive these from Antonius, and half a mina of copper sulphate; receive them sealed as you write to me. And here copper sulphate is not to be found. And a little basket of sweetmeats and ten pine cones for the children. Whatever you need, write and I will do it. And you, keep company with Julius my son-in-law until you receive either the grain or the money; if you receive the grain, sell it at the current price. Look after the children and Thermouthis and everyone in the house, and you write to me about people whom I do not know. I went off to the (village) of Herakleides and found nothing […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] […] to Nemesion at Philadelphia