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A Christian private letter from Neilos to Apollonios, asking him to give about 40 talents on Neilos' account to his brother Zakaon and promising to repay the same sum locally. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The word plakountas is unclear: it may mean a cake-seller or confectioner, or be part of the payment instruction. One line is damaged and its sense is lost; the abbreviated 'Lord God' marks the letter as Christian.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Christian Letter). 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] κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Νεῖλος χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σοι τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν παρὰ τῷ κυριῷ θεῷ. πᾶν ποίησον, ἄδελφε, δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Ζακάωνι πλακουντᾷ εἰς λόγον μου ὡς τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα, καὶ δήλωσόν μοι δῶ τὰς ἴσας ἐνταῦθα και γενέσθω σοι, ἐπὶ οι[…]νην[…]ο……ας ὁδοῦ, …
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