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A private business letter from Hermas to Sarapion about selling jars: some were sold for a few drachmas, five were useless, and Hermas asks whether Sarapion will accept a lower price. A postscript mentions sending two pieces of meat for Chresimos and the arrival of Kerdon. It comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome, second half of the 2nd century AD.
"Brother" may be a courtesy form of address rather than a blood relation. The price arrangement for the jars is uncertain because of the gap after "brought".
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Hermas an Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[v] Ἑρμᾶς Σαραπίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. περὶ τῶν κεραμίων ἐμέλησέ μοι. πέπρακα α δραχμῶν η καὶ Ἐπάγαθος ἤνενκε[…]α καὶ ἀπέδωκε ἄλλα γ δραχμῶν ιϛ. τὰ ἔσχατα ε τὰ ἀνενεχθέντα ἄχρηστά ἐστιν· τὰ ἄλλα τὴν αὐτὴν τιμὴν οὐχ εὑρίσκει. ἐὰν μὲν οὖν εὕρῃς τὸν ἐρχόμενον, δήλωσον, εἰ ἐλάττονο…
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