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A private letter from Hermeias to Sarapion, who left without paying the 60-drachma price of a piglet. Hermeias asks him to pay the sum to Alexander, the bearer of the letter, who has already advanced the money, and warns that he may otherwise claim his expenses too. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
The word after 'make me' is only partly legible; it is probably a form of skyllein, 'to trouble', meaning 'do not make me go to the trouble'.
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 Hermias to Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἑρμείας Σαραπίωνι τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἀλόγως ἀποστὰς οὐ καλῶς ἐποίησας ἔχων τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ χοιριδίου ἐν δραχμαῖς ξ. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις μεταβαλόμενος Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ διδόντι σοι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, ἀφʼ οὗ τὰς ἴσας ἤδη ἔσχον. μὴ τοίνυν ποιήσῃς με σκυ…… ἀλόγως, ἵνα μηδὲ τὰ ἀναλώματα ἀπαιτήσω…
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