Home › Spine › TM 31323
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31323

Letter from Aurelius Stephanos to his brother Chairemon about manure and payments TM 31323OxyrhynchosIII

The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →

A private letter from Aurelius Stephanos to his brother Aurelius Chairemon, written as he left for Alexandria. He lists payments made to a rope-maker and for manure, asks Chairemon to pay the 12 drachmas still owed, spread the manure, look after his wife and the irrigation, and reports that 'the Ethiopian' is well. Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelius Stephanos to Aurelius Chairemon his brother, greeting. When I was setting out for Alexandria I paid over to the rope-maker Petobastis, in the presence of Herakleios, for the price of yoke-straps (?), 60 drachmas; and for the price of manure at Chysis, in the presence of Kopreus, 40 drachmas; and to Kale, for Kopreus, the 48 drachmas which I had in hand. So do not neglect to spread the manure. For I agreed on 25 artabas for 100 drachmas in the presence of Kopreus; so you will pay the remaining 12 drachmas. Do not neglect to go over there, and to my wife too, until I arrive, and also about the irrigations. I found the Ethiopian and he is well. Greet all our people. I pray for your health. [verso] To Aurelius Chairemon from Aurelius Stephanos.

Zeuktēria are probably ropes or straps for yoking animals, perhaps for a water-wheel. 'Brother' may be a term of familiarity rather than strict kinship.

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 Aurelius Stephanus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.6.934

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

[r] Αὐρήλιος Στέφανος Αὐρηλίῳ Χαιρήμονι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἐξιόντος μου εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν μετεβαλόμην τῷ σχοινιοπλόκῳ Πετοβάστει παρόντος Ἡρακλήου εἰς τιμὴν ζευκτηρίων δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα , καὶ εἰς τιμὴν κόπρου ἐν Χύσει παρόντος Κοπρέως δραχμὰς μ, καὶ τῇ Καλῇ ὥστε Κοπρεῖ ἃς εἶχον μετὰ…