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Private letter from Agamon to his brother Apollon, asking him to give Heron a bronze object he needs and to sell the loads of linen Agamon has sent if he can get the current price. The letter dates to the mid-3rd century AD and breaks off where it mentions three talents.
Several words are garbled or unresolved in the edition ("episatoei", "para toko mon ie"), so the closing lines are uncertain. "Chalkinon" may refer to a bronze vessel or to bronze coin.
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.
Ἀγάμων Ἀπόλλωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἐάν σοι εἴπῃ Ἥρων περὶ χαλκίνου, δοῦναι αὐτῷ, τοῦ χρείαν ἔχει· καὶ ἰδού ἔπεμψα γόμους λίνων, επισατωει· ἐὰν εὕρῃς πωλῆσαι τῆς οὔσης τιμῆς, πώλησον· ἰδού, ἔχω καὶ παρὰ τοκο μων ιη τρία τάλαντα [… ? lines lost …]
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