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Letter from Megas to Olympios about buying gold solidi TM 33470unbekanntIV

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A private letter of the 4th century AD from Megas to Olympios, reproaching him for not reporting on his health and his business at Sarbittion. Megas tells him to convert all his money into gold solidi and to come down to him safely before winter.

In English machine translation

Megas to Olympios, greetings. I am surprised that you have forgotten my instructions, which I often gave you face to face, about informing me continually, first of all about your well-being, then about everything you have done in Sarbittion, knowing that I am not a little anxious. And indeed, though many people come down to me... So now, putting everything aside, write to me about all your affairs, and do everything safely. And if you find solidi to buy, buy them with all the money, so that you may come down to me easily with them. Do your utmost, however, to manage everything well and safely, and so come down to me before the winter. I pray for your health, master.

Holokottinos is a colloquial term for the gold solidus, the standard gold coin of the later Roman Empire. The sentence beginning 'And indeed, though many people come down to me' appears to be left unfinished.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Megas to Olympius). 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 · IV

Μέγας Ὀλυμπίῳ χαίρειν. θαυμάζω πῶς ἐπελάθου τῶν ἐμῶν ἐντολῶν, ὧν πολλάκις σοι κατʼ ὄψιν ἐνετειλάμην, περὶ τοῦ συνεχῶς μοι δηλῶσαι πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου, ἔπειτα περὶ πάντων ὧν ἔπραξας ἐν Σαρβιττίῳ, εἰδὼς ὅτι οὐ μικρῶς ἀγωνιῶ. καίτοι γε πολλῶν κατερχομένων πρὸς ἐμέ καὶ ἂ…