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A 4th-century AD letter in which Paulos and Apis urge Horsoeis to repay a debt of 100 talents to Dios, the bearer, in exchange for his written acknowledgement of debt, hinting that they could have handed the document to a soldier for collection. Horsoeis is also to tell Demetrios to send money he owes, with another veiled threat of soldiers.
The "cheirographon" is a handwritten acknowledgement of debt, returned to the debtor on repayment. The sum of 100 talents reflects the severe inflation of 4th-century Egyptian currency.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Demand for Repayment of a Loan). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Paulus and Apis order Horsois to repay a large debt, and they make an oblique threat about calling in a soldier to collect the sum if he does not comply. In addition, Horsois is to tell Demetrios to send the money which Demetrios owes, and there is another mancing reference to so…
[r] Ὡροσόιτι ἀδελφῷ Παῦλος καὶ Ἆπις εὖ πράττειν. σπούδασον ἀποδοῦναι τὰ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα Δίῳ ληψόμενος παρʼ αὐτοῦ τὸ χειρόγραφόν σου μετὰ πάσης ἀσφαλείας. ἀλλʼ ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἀποδοῦναι αὐτῷ τὰ ἀργύρια ὧνλήψῃ τὸ χειρόγραφόν σου. καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἐδώκαμέν σου τὸ χειρόγραφον στρατιώτῃ ἵνα…
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