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A private business letter from Choous to Tyrannus about a debt of 244 myriads (of denarii) owed by certain people on account of pounds of some commodity. Choous, who had extended credit on Tyrannus' assurance, asks him to see that the money is paid to Eulogios. Written at Oxyrhynchus in the late 4th century AD.
The meaning of 'boikoi' is uncertain; it may designate a group of people or a place-name derived term. The sum is expressed in myriads, typical of the inflated currency of the 4th century.
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 Choous to Tyrannus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Τύράννῳ Χωοῦς χαίρειν. καθὼς εἶπας ὅτι ὀφείλουσιν οἱ βοικοί, πίστευσον αὐτοῖς, ὡς οἴδαμεν, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ὀφείλουσιν εἰς λόγον τῶν λιτρῶν μυριάδας σμδ . σπούδασον, ἄδελφε, δοθῆναι αὐτὰ τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Εὐλογίῳ ὡς σὺ αὐτὸς εἶπας ὅτι πίστευσον αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐπίστευσα. μὴ ἀ…
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