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A private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 2nd century AD, to a woman named Athenarous, announcing that ointment, figs, nuts and oil are being sent through Kerdon, partly for a certain Dionysios. The writer, whose name is lost, sends greetings and says he is travelling to Koptos with the prefect.
The address ends with an abbreviated 'Kerdon', probably naming the carrier or the sender's agent rather than the author. The kotyle and chous are liquid measures; the 'prefect' is the Roman governor of Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to Athenarus). 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 to a woman called Athenarous, announcing the dispatch of oil and fruit. The writer, whose name is lost, seems to have occupied some official position, for he mentions that he was about to accompany the praefect to Coptos. (Grenfell & Hunt)
[r] [… ? lines lost …] πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. κόμισαι διὰ Κέρδωνος ὥστε Διονυσίῳ χρίματος κοτύλας δ καὶ σφυρίδιν τραγημάτων ἔχον ἀρίθμια σῦκα ρ κάρυα ρ καὶ ἐλαίου χοὸς ἥμισυ ὃ δώσεις τῷ αὐτῷ Διονυσίῳ κοτύλας τέσσαρας καὶ σοὶ κοτύλας δύο . ἄσπασαί σου τὴν μητέρα καὶ …
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