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A short private letter from Petysis to Apphynchios and Didymos the carpet-maker, asking them to give a further half gold solidus to his brother Pettirios, a secretary, as an amerimnia payment for the ninth indiction, just as he had earlier received a half solidus from them in the village. It dates to the 4th century AD and probably comes from Hermopolis.
Amerimnia ('freedom from care') seems to refer to a payment securing exemption or security for the indiction year; there is no exact English equivalent. The provenance Hermopolis 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 Privatbrief). 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 ἀδελφῷ Ἀπφυνχίῳ καὶ Διδύμῳ ταπιταρίῳ Πετῦσις Παντηβε. καθὼς ἔλαβα ἀφʼ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ κώμῃ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὁλοκοττίνου καὶ νῦν παράσχου τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Πεττιρίῳ γραμματεῖ ὑπὲρ ἀμεριμνίας τῆς ἐνάτης ἰνδικτίωνος ἄλλο χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον ἥμισυ · ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσατε, κύριοι ἀδελφοί. ἐρρ…
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