Letter from Harpalos to his brother Heras about goods, payments and a detained camel TM 26863OxyrhynchosII - III

Harpalos to Heras his brother, greetings. I wrote […] through Herakleides […] the matters of your management (?); I bound together a letter of mine and another from the lawyer here to the lawyer with you. I received from Ammonios the things sent to me, and I sent you through him a jar of good fish sauce, he having received from me 6 drachmas on account of fare and carriage. The note about the deposit (?) that was sent to you from Alexandria, send to me by a safe person. I received from Herakleides a spathion of wine. And do not trouble yourself: whatever I need, I will write to you. I was written to from the Oasis by Leonidas that our friend had transferred to him the price of the hides. Find out at your end how much was transferred to him on my account. And you will tell Patr[…] that Herakleides owes me nothing on the account of the Great Oasis, and the camel ought not to have been detained. For I, being true to myself, have done nothing up to now, and let it rest at that. For the 1,000 drachmas which Herakleides transferred to his people in the Great Oasis, he had these in the Oxyrhynchite nome and transferred them to me in the same Oxyrhynchite nome, as owed to me by him. So they were wrong to detain the camel. You will pass everything on to him. About whatever you wish, write to me without hesitation. I pray for your health. [verso] To Heras from Harpalos his brother.