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A private business letter from Hierakion to Papnouthis, sent with his brother Diogenes to collect money owed in full, apparently for cloaks Hierakion had supplied. He also asks Papnouthis to find out whether Heras will pay for chaff and to have the payment handed to Diogenes. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
The clause about the cloaks is compressed and could also mean that the cloaks would not have been handed over without Papnouthis' guarantee; "brother" may be a courtesy term for Papnouthis.
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 Hieracion 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.
Ἱερακίων Παπνουθίῳ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἀπέστειλα πρὸς σὲ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου Διογένην ἵνα τὸ ἀργύριον αὐτῷ δῷς ἐκ πλήρους· παρήγγειλα γὰρ αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ τὸ πᾶν μηδὲν λάβῃς. οἶδας γὰρ ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἦς προσφωνήσας οὐκ ἐδίδουν τὰς χλαμύδας. καὶ πύθου τοῦ Ἡρᾶ εἰ δίδωσι τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ ἀχύρου· συμ…
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