p.oxy.48.3402
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Παπνουθίῳ Δωρόθεος χαίρειν. ἀπέστειλα διὰ τοῦ φύλακος χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δ καὶ ἀργυρίου μονάδαν μίαν , δηναρίων μυριάδων μυριάδα α , καὶ φρο Ἀλέξανδρος δηναρίων μυριάδας Ε . ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33713
Letter from Dorotheos to Papnouthios about money sent by a guard TM 33713OxyrhynchosIV
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A short business letter from Dorotheos to his 'brother' Papnouthios, reporting that he has sent four gold solidi and a sum of silver through a guard, with a further sum connected with a certain Alexandros. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Papnouthios, Dorotheos, greetings.
I have sent through the guard 4 gold solidi and one monas of silver, 10,000 myriads of denarii, and Alexandros (?) [has?] 5,000 myriads of denarii.
I pray for your health for many years.
The 'monas' of silver seems to be a unit equated here with a myriad of myriads of denarii, reflecting 4th-century inflation. The word 'phro' before Alexandros is unexplained, so the last clause is uncertain.
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 Dorotheus to Papnuthis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.