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End of a private letter in which the writer reports sending money and twenty cheeses through a man named Petsiris. The writer also explains inquiries about further copper money and a receipt, which Horion says he handed to 'the little one' long ago. Oxyrhynchus, 2nd century AD.
The beginning of the letter (14 lines) is lost. The word symbolon can mean a token, receipt or tally, and 'the little one' (feminine) probably refers to a girl or young woman of the household.
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.
[… 14 lines lost …] ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ Πετσίριος δύο στατῆρας καὶ ὀκτὼ ὀβολοὺς καὶ εἴκοσι τυρία· ἐξήτασα ἕνεκα τοῦ ἄλλου χαλκοῦ καὶ τοῦ συμβόλου. ἔμαθον Ὡρίωνα ἐσχηκέναι παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὥστε σοὶ ἐν δραχμαῖς ιϛ ὥστε εἰς διαγραφὴν καὶ λέγοντα δεδωκέναι τῇ μικρᾷ σὺν τῷ συμβόλῳ πρὸ πολλοῦ.
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