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Letter from Dionysios to his mother Tetheus about redeeming pawned clothes TM 28370OxyrhynchosII

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A private letter from Dionysios to his mother Tetheus at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. He reports paying taxes, sends 112 drachmas with Chairemon so she can redeem his pawned clothes from Sarapion (100 drachmas plus 8 interest) and keep 4 for festival expenses, and sends greetings to many family members.

In English machine translation

Dionysios to Tetheus his mother, greetings. As for the letters you write me about, I received them all. As for the wheat {the wheat} which the collectors demanded from you, they are in agreement; but it had escaped me to make any separate declaration (?), and the naubion and all the other charges I paid in full. As for the little matter about which I wrote to Theon, do not worry if it has not been completed; for I have been waiting in vain all this time on the son of Pausirion […]. Receive from Chairemon, who is bringing you the letter, 112 drachmas of silver, from which you will give to Sarapion the friend, son of Apeis, in redeeming my clothes, 100 drachmas, and on account of interest 8 drachmas, and to yourself for the expenses of the festival 4 drachmas. If I had had more at hand I would have sent it to you again; and in sending this I have borrowed it. So when you have paid him you will recover the clothes intact and put them in safe keeping. Do not be anxious about us, for nothing bad is happening to us and we are in harmony with one another. Theonas greets you. Greet the children Apion and his brother Hermatois, Dionytas, Nike and her household and little Thaisous, […] and all their household, Heras and his family, Leontas the haughty and his family, Taamois and her household, Thermoutharion. Farewell. Month Kaisareios 20. [margin] So send me word about these things immediately after the festival, whether you received the money and whether you got back the clothes. Greet Dionytas and Theon. [verso] To Tetheus, his mother.

The naubion was a tax connected with dykes and canals. Kaisareios is the Roman-era name for the month Mesore.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Dionysius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.3.530

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Oxyrhynchos

[r,ctr] Διονύσιος Τεθεῦτι τῆι μητρὶ χαίρειν. περὶ ὧν μοι γράφεις ἐπιστολῶν πασῶν ἐκομισάμην περὶ δὲ τῶν πυρῶν ὧν σε ἀπῄτηκαν οἱ πράκτορες ὁμόλογοί εἰσι ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλελήθει διαστέλλειν τι, τὸ δὲ ναύβιον καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα πλήρη διέγραψα. τὸ δὲ πραγμάτιον περὶ οὗ ἔγραψα Θέωνι μὴ μελέτω …