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Letter from Siris to Eumathios about collecting money from farmers TM 33332Kellis (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV

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A short business letter from Siris to Eumathios, instructing him to collect 2,000 talents of silver from farmers for barley and dates at once and hand the money to Elias. It was written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in the second half of the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] To my lord brother Eumathios, Siris, greetings. The very hour you receive my letter, demand from the farmers, for barley and dates, 2,000 talents of silver, total 2,000 talents, and give them to brother Elias. But do not neglect this: give them to him. I pray for your health, brother, for many years. Pachon 6, 5th indiction. [verso] To my lord brother Eumathios, Siris.

The large sum in talents reflects the heavy inflation of the 4th-century currency. The text dates itself only by day and indiction year (Pachon 6, 5th indiction).

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte IV · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

[r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Εὐμαθίῳ Σῖρις χαίρειν. αὐτῆς ὥρας λαβών μου τὰ γράμματα ἀπαίτησον ἀπὸ γεωργῶν ὑπὲρ κριθῶν, φοινίκων ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δισχίλια, γίνεται τάλαντα Β, καὶ δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἠλίᾳ. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς· δὸς αὐτῷ. ἐρρῶσθαί σʼ εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε, πολλοῖς χρόνοις. Παχὼν ϛ ε ἰνδικ…