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A private letter from Alypios to his 'father' Aminnaios, asking him to collect 2 gold coins owed by Asklepiades and send them to the city, and to advance 2 artabas of wheat to Zakaon, to be repaid after the winnowing. It dates to the mid-4th century AD and is associated with Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome.
The writer apologizes for using a reused sheet because no clean papyrus was available. 'Father' may be a term of respect rather than literal kinship; nomismatia are gold solidi.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 Ἀμινναίῳ Ἀλύπιος. χαρτίον καθαρὸν μὴ εὑρὼν πρὸς τὴν ὥραν εἰς τοῦτο ἔγραψα. καλῶς ποιήσεις, κύριε πάτερ, ἀπαιτῆσαι Ἀσκληπιάδην ἅπερ χρεωστεῖ μοι νομισμάτια δύο καὶ ἀποστείλῃς μοι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως· καὶ παράσχου Ζακάωνι σίτου ἀρτάβας δύο καὶ ὅταν λικμήσω τὰς ἴσας λαμβά…
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