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A private letter from Eudaimon to his mother Chempoleitis, telling her he has asked his sister to have the small measured allowances paid to her first, and asking her to urge their brother Kastor, if he is coming, to load their goods. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
The term metrematia (diminutive of metremata) refers to measured allowances or rations, probably of grain. The object of 'to load our' is missing in the text as written; the sender's name, written Eudainon, is normally Eudaimon.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Εὐδαίνων Χεμπολεῖτι τῆι κυρίαι μητρὶ χαίρειν. ἔγραψα τῆι ἀδελφῆι μου, ἵνα σοι ποιήσῃ ἐν πρώτοις μετρηθῆναι τὰ μετρημάτια. ἐὰν δὲ ἦν σοι ἀβαρές, πρότρεψαι Κάστορα τὸν ἀδελφόν, ἐὰν μέλλῃ ἐλθεῖν, ἐμβαλέσθαι τοὺς ἡμετέρους ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κυρία μῆτερ τιμιωτάτη, μετὰ τῶν σῶν …
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