Business letter about money, a cloak and a payment from Tithoes TM 33283unbekanntEnde IV

The end of a late fourth-century AD business letter. The writer, delayed somewhere by a dispute over money with a certain man, says he will come soon, asks that his brother have his cash ready and that a cloak be made for him, and instructs the recipient to take 280 talents of silver from Tithoes, the letter carrier, which the writer will repay when asked.

In English machine translation

The beginning of the letter is lost, so sender and addressee are unknown. A maphorion is a hooded cloak or shawl; the large sum in talents reflects the heavy inflation of the 4th century.

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.