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A private letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father Claudius Tiberianus, written probably at Alexandria in the early 2nd century AD. He reports his dealings with a certain Aemilius over handwritten contracts (cheirographs) that could not be registered without the archidikastes, an extra payment of 32 drachmas, and a memorandum submitted to that official.
The archidikastes was the Alexandrian official through whose office private contracts (cheirographs) were registered. Tiberianus may have been Terentianus' father in a figurative rather than biological sense, as the records mark 'father' as uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Terentianus to Tiberianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, regarding conversations with Aemilius, seemingly a business agent or legal adviser, about difficulties in connection with a group of chirographs to be registered through the bureau of the archidikastes
Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?), regarding conversations with Aemilius, about difficulties in connection with a group of cheirographs
Κλαύδιος Τερεντιανὸς Κλαυδίωι Τιβεριανῷ τῷ πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν, ὑγιαίνω δὲ καὶ αὐτός. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦμαι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, κύριέ μου πατήρ, ὅτι ἕως σήμερον ἀφʼ ἧς ἐξῆλθες ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ παρεδρεύ…
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