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A private letter from Aurelius Sarapiakos to Dioskoros about a debt of 34 artabas of grain owed to Kalpournios, which may be measured out to him if he insists. The writer also scolds Dioskoros for not going north about some guards and urges him to send or go and bring them at once. Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD.
"The north" probably refers to a northern district or toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome. It is unclear whether the guards are themselves to be brought or whether "them" refers to something they hold.
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 Aur. Sarapiacus to Dioscorus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπιακὸς Διοσκόρῳ τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἴσθι ἡμᾶς μόνας ὀφείλοντας Καλπουρνίῳ ἀρτάβας λδ καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ. ἐὰν οὖν ἐπείγηται μετρηθήτωσαν αὐτῷ αἱ ἀρτάβαι λδ. καὶ οὐκ ἐγένου εἰς τὸν βορρᾶ ἕνεκεν τῶν φυλάκων οὔτε ἀφεῖκας τὸν γέροντα ἐνέγκαι· ἐξαυτῆς οὖν…
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