Letter from Korbolon to Herakleides about purchases and goods sent TM 28405Oxyrhynchus2nd century

Korbolon to Herakleides his lord, greeting. I sent you the key by Horion and the tortoise-shell by Onnophris, camel-driver of Apollonios. I enclosed in that letter a sample of white violet colour; please then buy me 2 drachmas' worth to match it, and send it to me quickly by whomever you can find, since the tunic is about to be woven. I received safely everything you wrote that I should receive from Onnophris. I sent you by the same Onnophris six choinikes of good apples. I give thanks to all the gods, knowing that I learned that Ploution has arrived in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Do not think that I neglected the key; the reason is this, that the smith is far from us. As for what I wrote to you by Korbolon to send me, I wonder how you did not see fit to send it to me, and that when I need it for a festival. Please buy me a silver seal and send it to me quickly. Make sure that Onnophris buys for me [margin] the things that the mother of Eirene told him. I told him that Syntrophos said not to give anything more to Amarantos on my account from now on. Let me know what you gave him, so that I may settle account with him; otherwise I shall come out with my son for this purpose. [verso] I received from Korbolon the large cheeses; but I did not want large ones, I wanted small ones. Let me know about what you too want, as I will gladly do it. Farewell. Pauni 1. Send me one obol's worth of cakes for my sister's child. To Herakleides son of Ammonios, his lord.