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Fragmentary private letter from a son to his father Theognostos, reporting that something had not been made and was not accepted. It explains a levy of a hide and a mattress (?) assessed on landholdings of 37 and 28 arouras, valued in talents. Written in Egypt in the 4th century AD.
The items appear to be requisitions in kind assessed by land area, typical of 4th-century taxation; 'tyle' means a cushion or mattress. The phrase 'talents 30 and 28' is unclear and may refer to the two holdings.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief an Theognostos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]γράμματα. γιγνώσκειν σε βούλομαι, πάτερ, ὅτι τὸ[…]…ν ἀποίητόν ἐστι καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβαν αὐτό. ἔσπευσά σοι οὖν δηλῶσαί σοι διὰ τούτων μου τῶν γραμμάτων· τῶν λζ ἀρουρῶν δέρμα α, τῶν κη ἀρουρῶν τύλη α· τὸ δὲ δέρμα διαγράφεται ταλάντων λ καὶ κη, ἡ δὲ τύλη διαγράφε…
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