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Fragment of a private letter from Silvanus concerning a payment of 200 drachmas, half of which Cassianus claims to have paid. The recipient is asked either to collect the remaining 100 drachmas and send back the sale document drawn up for Sabinus, or to settle the matter with Sabinus. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The "sale" (prasis) is probably a written sale document that the writer offers to reissue in Sabinus' name. Cassianus' name is spelled two ways in the text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). 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] [… ? lines lost …] ρ…και απ…[…]… παρὰ τῶν …[…] λων ἐφʼ ὧν Κασσιανοῦ ὅτι οὔπω ἀπηρτίσθη. διὸ καλῶς ποιήσεις ἢ λαβὼν τὰς λοιπὰς ἑκατὸν δραχμὰς παρὰ Κασιανοῦ, λέγει γὰρ δεδωκέναι σοι τὰς ἄλλας ἑκατὸν εἰς συνπλήρωσιν τῶν διακοσίων δραχμῶν, ἀντιγράψας μοι ἅμα καὶ τὴν εἰς Σαβεῖνον …
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