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A private letter on an ostracon from Petenephotes to his 'brother' Valerius, asking him to send 4 drachmas 5 obols from goods he had sold and, when camels next leave, four items (tasku) for which Petenephotes had paid an advance of about 10 drachmas for the month of Hathyr. It comes from the Roman military station of Tiberiane in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
The word 'tasku' is unclear and may denote a container or commodity; 'prochrian' is likely an advance payment. 'Brother' is probably a term of familiarity rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Petenophotes to Valerius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Πετενεφώτης Οὐαληρίῳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, πέμψαι μοι τὸ τοῦτο ὧν πέπρακας δραχμὰς δ πεντώβολον. καλῶς πεποίηκας ἄδελφε, ἐγώ σε αὐτὸ ἐρωτῶ καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν ἐπὶ χρίαν αὐτῶν ἔχω. γίνοσκε, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ἔδωκα […] […]ητι προχρίαν τασκου δ εἰς τὸν Ἁθὺρ ὡς δραχμ…
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