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A letter from a mother, Tasois, to Dionysios, who apparently employs or has charge of her son. She complains of his harsh treatment of the boy, threatens to take him back, recalls her expenses for him after his father's death, and asks for two months' wages and news of money and clothing. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
The son seems to be working for Dionysios, and the 'wages' (opsonion) are presumably his pay. The threat to put him 'in pledge' at Alexandria implies using him as security for a debt.
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 Tasoïs). 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] Τασόις Διονυσίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. ἰδοὺ μὲν ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐμιμησάμην σε τοῦ ἀποσπᾶν τὸν υἱόν μου, ἐὰν δὲ μέλλῃς οὕτω αὐτῷ ἐπιτιμᾶν, Πτολεμαῖον πέμψασα ἀποσπάσω αὐτόν. ὅτε ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐτελεύτησεν ἔδωκα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δραχμὰς Ατ καὶ ἀνάλωσα αὐτῷ εἰς ἱμάτια δραχμὰς ξ. διὸ οὖν μὴ ἀ…
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