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A business letter from Aurelius Dioskoros to Aurelius Petemenophis reporting that a cargo of wine was properly closed and sealed as he had instructed Horos, asking that any money be sent in purple, and sending 80 pomegranates with the letter carrier. It dates to the mid-3rd century AD.
The word kalloine is obscure and its meaning uncertain; 'send it in purple' may mean wrapped in purple cloth or sent together with purple dye. Amitai were a kind of cake or pastry; the sentence about Herakleides is loosely constructed in the Greek.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Geschäftsbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Αὐρήλιος Διόσκορος Αὐρηλίῳ Πετεμενώφι χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις θεοῖς. ὡς ἐνέτειλα Ὥρῳ περὶ τοῦ γόμου τοῦ οἴνου, ἐκλείσθη καλῶς καὶ τὴν καλλοινὴν[…] καὶ ἐσφράγισα. ἐὰν μέλλῃς διαπέμψαι ἀργύριον, πέμψον ἐν πορφύρ…
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