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A private business letter from Nemesianus to Kolluthos at Oxyrhynchus, AD 3rd-4th century. He states that Syros and Neilos have already been paid sums of money, asks that a partner not cause trouble, and requests that Kolluthos keep the small remaining balance for the linen-weavers.
It is not certain who the partner is that should not make trouble; the Greek leaves the subject implicit, probably Neilos. The talent and drachma sums reflect the inflated currency of the period.
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 Nemesianus to Colluthus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Νεμεσιανὸς Κολλούθω τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ὁ Σύρος πρὸ πολλοῦ τὸ τάλαντον εἴληφε καὶ Νεῖλος ἔτι πάλαι τάλαντον α δραχμὰς ψ, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς δὲ αὐτῷ μετεβαλόμεθα· μὴ οὖν ταρασσέτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ ἀμέμπτως ἡμῖν κοινωνοῦντα· τὴν δὲ λοιπάδα οὐκ ἐν πολλῷ οὖσαν τοῖς λινούφοις τήρησ…
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