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A private business letter from Chairemon to Theon reporting on his search for fodder for cattle in the villages of Sento and Tholthis, the prices he paid, and a dispute involving the son of Horigenes. He asks Theon to send cash for expenses and barley for sowing. Oxyrhynchite nome, AD 2nd-3rd century.
The word mouia is a rare term, apparently a unit or bundle of fodder; its exact meaning is uncertain. Chortopatema seems to be fodder trampled or threshed for animal feed, and euschemon may denote a local notable or councillor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Chaeremon to Theon). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ Χαιρήμονος χαίροις κύριέ μου Θέων. μάθε ὅτι ἐξεζήτησα ὅλην τὴν Σεντὼ καὶ οὐχ εὗρον παρά τινος ἐν τῇ Σεντὼ μούια δ δραχμῶν κδ, καὶ ἦρκα μούια β δραχμῶν κ ταῖς βουσὶ τῆς Σεντώ. οὐδὲ γὰρ χορτοπάτημα ἔχουσι οὐδὲ ἄχυρον ἐν τῇ Σεντώ, οὐδὲ ἐν τῇ Θώλθει χορτοπάτημα ἔνει. ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ …
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