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A short letter from Gerontios to his father Sarapion, reporting that he has sent 240 talents towards a freight charge through a public servant named Serenos. He also reports arranging for Hermias and Paulos to handle the unloading of grain from the Tetrakomia and to collect the outstanding freight and money-conversion payments. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The catalogue classes this as an official report, and 'father' may be a respectful form of address rather than a family tie. 'Exargyrismos' is the conversion of a tax in kind into a money payment; the sense of 'prosphora' with the talents is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Amtlicher Bericht des Gerontios an seinen Vater Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Σαραπίωνι Γερόντιος υἱὸς χαίρειν. ἀπέστειλά σοι διὰ Σερήνου τοῦ δημοσίου εἰς λόγον ναύλου πρόσφορα τάλαντα σμ. περὶ δὲ τῆς ἐκβολῆς τοῦ σίτου τῆς Τετρακωμίας ἐποίησα Ἑρμίαν καὶ Παῦλον εἰς τοῦτο καθῖσαι καὶ τὴν λοιπάδα τοῦ ναύλου ἀπαιτῆσαι καὶ τοῦ ἐξαργυρισμοῦ καὶ ἀ…
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