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A short private letter from Alypios to his brother Sarapammon, expressing confidence that Sarapammon will protect the household's interests in case of trouble. He asks him to find out the price at which a dependant of Dionysios, the sealing official of Tampemou, is selling barley, so that he can arrange the money. It dates to the early 4th century AD, probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The trophimos is a foster-child or household dependant; the episphragistes was an official who sealed grain consignments. The closing greeting is written twice.
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 Alypius to his Brother). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀλύπιος Σαραπάμμωνι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. θαρρῶ πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῆς οἰκίας ὅτι ὄχλησις ἐὰν ᾖ προίστασαι ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀξιῶ σε μαθεῖν πόσου ἡμῖν συναλλάσσει κριθὴν ὁ τρόφιμος τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ ἐπισφραγιστοῦ τῆς Ταμπέμου, ἵνα προνοήσωμαι ἀργυρίου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχ…
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