Letter about a Payment
Letter of Eudaimon to his brother asking him to pay some money to a third party
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33350
Letter from Eudaimon to Thithoes ordering a payment to Sabinus TM 33350Karanis (Arsinoites)301 CE – 399 CE
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A short letter from Eudaimon to his 'brother' Thithoes, instructing him to pay 50,000 talents of silver to Sabinus son of Mios on Eudaimon's account. It was written on Pachon 19 in the 4th century AD and comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Thithoes,
Eudaimon, greetings.
Give to Sabinus son of Mios, on my account, 50,000 talents of silver, (talents) 50,000 only, and do not neglect to give them.
Pachon 19.
I pray for your health.
The text literally reads 'talents, myriads five', i.e. five myriads (50,000) of talents, reflecting the severe inflation of the 4th century. 'Brother' may be a term of courtesy rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter about a Payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.7.189
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Θιθωεῖ Εὐδαίμων χαίρειν· δὸς Σαβίνῳ Μιὼς εἰς ἐμοῦ λόγον ἀργυρίου τάλαντα μυριάδας πέντε, τάλαντα μυριάδας ε μόνα, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς δοῦναι αὐτά. Παχὼν ιθ. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.