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A private letter from Ammon to his brother Ision, acknowledging receipt via Horion of a note from Maron, a mina-weight of gold and 10 1/2 ounces of unstamped silver. Ammon complains that Ision sent no instructions, so he sold the gold for 1,200 drachmas and the silver for 588 drachmas. It dates to the 3rd century AD.
"Unstamped" (asemos) silver means bullion or uncoined silver, sold by weight. "Brother" may be a familiar form of address rather than a literal relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). 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,ctr] Ἄμμων Ἰσίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς. γίνωσκέ με λαβόντα παρὰ Ὡρίωνος τὸ γραμμάτιον τοῦ Μάρωνος καὶ χρυσαφίου μναιαῖον ἕν , ἀσήμου οὐγκίας δέκα ἥμισυ. οὐ καλῶς δὲ ἐποίησας διὰ τοσούτου χρόνου ἐρχομένων τῶν κτην…
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