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A private letter from Horion to Timotheos, whom he calls his son, acknowledging receipt of garments and cloths and listing items he has sent in return, including half a piglet. He also asks about ammi for Dorotheos and the price of wheat and barley, and announces that Phibis will visit the next day. Written at Oxyrhynchus in the late 4th century AD.
Barbarikion is a garment or cloth of 'barbarian' style with no exact English equivalent; ammi is a plant (bishop's weed) used as a spice and medicine. 'Son' may be an affectionate address rather than literal kinship.
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 Horion to Timotheus). 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 μου υἱῷ Τιμοθέῳ Ὡρίων. ἀπεδεξάμην τὰ δύο στιχάρια εἰσωφόρια καὶ βαρβαρίκια δύο καὶ φακιάριον καὶ οὐηλάρια δύο . ἀπέστειλά σοι στιχάριον εἰσωφόριον ἓν καὶ βαρβαρίκιον ἓν καὶ φακιάριον καὶ οὐηλάριον ἓν καὶ ἥμισυ μεγάλου δελφακίου. ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ ἄμιος Δωροθέῳ. εἴπερ ἀλη…
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