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A private letter from Ktesippos to Gerontios asking him to help the sailor Makarios, who had loaded a small cargo of vegetables at Oxyrhynchus, to sell it at a good price and to protect him from harassment until the boat's business was done. It probably dates to the 5th century AD.
The word bakana is uncertain; it is usually taken as a vegetable such as cabbage or radish. Elias may be Gerontios' patronymic or a second name.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ctesippus to Gerontius). 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] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου ὡς ἀληθῶς τιμιωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Γεροντίῳ Ἠλία Κτήσιππος χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ Μακάριος ὁ ἡμέτερος ναύτης ἐγόμωσεν ὀλίγα βάκανα ἐν Ὀξυρύγχον καταξιωσάτω ἡ ὑμῶν ἀδελφοσύνη τοῦτον ποιῆσαι πωλῆσαι αὐτὰ καλῆς τιμῆς οἵας αὐτὸς θέλει πωλῆσαι καὶ ἀνεπηρέαστον αὐτὸν παρά τινος γεν…
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