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A short private letter from Onesimos to Aurelius Sarapion, sending him finished documents and asking him to confirm receipt of an ounce of purple dye sent earlier through the priest Osorapis and of books sent through Polydeukes. It dates to the 2nd century AD and probably comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The term oikonomidia (diminutive of oikonomia) is uncertain; it probably means small documents or contracts. 'Whom may the evil eye not touch' (abaskantos) is a common protective epithet in letters.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Onesimus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ὀνήσιμος Αὐρηλίῳ Σαραπίωνι ἀδελφῷ Ἀθηναίου τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. κόμισαι τὰ οἰκονομίδια ἀπηρτισμένα. ἔπεμψά σοι πρὸ τούτων διὰ Ὀσοράπιος ἱερέως τὴν οὐγκίαν τῆς πορφύρας καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ διὰ Πολυδεύκους βιβλία. περὶ ὧν δήλωσον. ἀσπάζου τὸν ἀβάσκαντον υἱὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ. ἐρρῶσ…
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