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Letter about a joint purchase and deliveries to friends TM 31279Oxyrhynchos (?)III - IV

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Fragment of a private or business letter to a 'lord brother', mentioning Epimachos, Eudaimon, Troilos, Petros and Demetrios. The writer discusses a joint purchase, payment sent in kind to friends, and asks for small items to be delivered. Probably from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd to 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] for I hope in God that my lord Epimachos [wishes] to be persuaded and will perhaps concede the joint purchase (?) each […] as he enters, to my lord Eudaimon. Troilos is clearly troubling me; [therefore] send him the […] quickly, so that I may not be troubled like this. […] I sent the price in kind to the friends; receive it and at the same time […] send [to the friends]; for it is time to press on, lest I hear […] [that] it is unseemly and not possible. Deliver one small pen (?) [through] […] to my lord brother Petros; and the rest of the […] quickly; for God knows that […] them. Deliver through the same person […] [to my lord] brother Demetrios one pound […] [send] quickly; however a little […] of goods to the friends, not […] of them, so that with the others […] I pray for your health for many years, my lord brother.

The phrase 'hope in God' suggests a Christian writer. 'Synōnē' refers to a joint or compulsory purchase; 'stylarion' may mean a small pen or column.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentum epistulae). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III - IV · Oxyrhynchos (?)

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