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Fragmentary letter from Paulos to Nepheros asking him to press Papnouthis son of Horion into handing over 16 artabas of wheat, complaining that Papnouthis lies despite the monastic habit he wears and has not repaid even the principal after a long time. It ends with greetings to Ophellios, the mother Tienor, Pinas, Horion and the other brothers; 4th century AD, from the Nepheros archive.
The 'habit' (schema) Papnouthis wears is probably a monk's garb, a sign of the Christian monastic setting of the Nepheros archive. The verb translated 'put pressure on' (dysopein) implies shaming or entreating someone into acting.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Paulos an Nepheros). 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,ctr] [… ? lines lost …] […]Παπνοῦθιν τὸν υἱὸν Ὡρίωνος δυσωπήσῃς καὶ τὰς δεκαὲξ τοῦ σίτου ἀρτάβας ὑποδέξῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ. πάνυ δὲ θαυμάζω, πῶς οὔτε τὸ σχῆμα ὃ φορεῖ αἰσχύνεται ψευδόμενος οὔτε σὲ τὸν πάσης τιμῆς ἄξιον δυσωπεῖται μηδὲ τὸ κεφάλαιον διὰ τοσούτου χρόνου βουλόμενος δοῦνα…
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