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A business letter from Timotheos the carpenter to Psempnoutes, complaining that a debt has long gone unpaid. He instructs Psempnoutes to pay 3,000 talents to Pachoumis, from whom Timotheos has already received the sum, and threatens to have soldiers collect it otherwise. Written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in the second half of the 4th century AD.
The 3,000 talents reflect the heavy inflation of 4th-century currency. The addressee's name is spelled Psempnoutes on the recto and Psenpnoutes on the verso.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Business Letter). 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] τῶι κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῶι Ψεμπνούτῃ Τιμόθεος τέκτων χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι μετὰ τῶν σῶν πάντων. θαυμάζω ὅτι μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον οὐκ ἠθέλησας δοῦναι τὰ ἀργύρια. τοίνυν, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς σὲ Παχοῦμις, παράσχου αὐτῷ τὰ τρισχίλια τάλαντα· ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχον παρʼ αὐτοῦ. μάθε γ…
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