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A short private letter from Eudaimon to Longinus, asking him to come and bring a 'hyalos' (glass or stone object) so they can clip some money, and to strain or obtain some good Mareotic wine for him. It dates to the early 4th century AD and comes from Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
The meaning of 'hyalos' (normally glass) and of clipping the 'logarion' (small sum of money) is uncertain; it has been interpreted as an implement for clipping coins in a dubious transaction. Mareotic wine came from the region of Lake Mareotis near Alexandria.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Eudaemon). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
A letter from Eudaemon to Longinus asking him to come and bring the hualos, apparently here a stone implement of some kind for clipping coins, in order that the writer might get some wine with the proceeds of this (nefarious) transaction.
Εὐδαίμων Λογγείνῳ χαίρειν. παρακληθεὶς κύριε σκῦλον σεαυτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φέρων εἰ δόξαν σοι τὴν ὕαλον καὶ δυνηθῶμεν τὸ λογάριον περικόψαι, ἐὰν …[…]ς, καὶ καλὸν Μαρεωτικὸν δυνήσει μοι σειρῶσαι ἐρχόμενος τῆς τιμῆς. ἐρρωσο
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