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A short business letter from Papnuthis to his brother Dorotheos, reporting that he received a large sum in silver denarii from Isidoros in the city, and through a guard six gold solidi and a further sum in denarii. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD.
A 'myriad of myriads' is 100,000,000 denarii, so the first sum is 112,500,000 denarii and the second 165,000,000, reflecting the severe inflation of the 4th century. Nomismatia here are gold solidi.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Papnuthis to Dorotheus). 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 Δωροθέῳ Παπνοῦθις. γιγνώσκειν σε βούλομαι ὅτι ὑπεδεξάμην παρὰ Ἰσιδώρου ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως ἀργυρίου δηναρίων μυριάδα μυριάδων μίαν καὶ μυριάδας χιλίας διακοσίας πεντήκοντα, γίνονται δηναρίων μυριὰς μυριάδων α Ασν καὶ διὰ τοῦ φύλακος νομισμάτια ἓξ καὶ ἀργυρίου δηναρίων…
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