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A private letter from Claudianus to Isidoros instructing him to pay Chrestos sums of gold coins (30 advanced to Euxitheos on his behalf, plus 5 for wheat, 3 for a mare and 1 for a camel) and 14 measures of linseed. Claudianus threatens to revoke all the favours he has done Isidoros if he does not comply. It dates to the 5th century AD.
The 'chrysina' are gold coins, by this period solidi. 'Brother' and 'lord' are courtesy forms of address, not necessarily family ties.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Claudianus to Isidorus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from Claudianus to Isidoros, directing him to give certain sums of money and 14 measures of linseed to Chrestus (Claudianus's agent?); failure to do so will result in the writer's putting a stop to the benefactions he had previously bestowed
Letter from Claudianus to Isidoros, directing him to give certain sums of money and 14 measures of linseed to Chrestus
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἰσιδώρῳ Κλαυδιανός. τὰ τριάκοντα χρύσινα ἅπερ παρεσχόμην ὑπὲρ σοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ μου Εὐξιθέῳ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πέντε τὰ ἀπὸ λόγου τοῦ σίτου καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τρία τὰ ἀπὸ λόγου τῆς φοράδος καὶ τὸν ἄλλον ἕνα τὸν ἀπὸ λόγου τῆς καμήλου, θέλησον παρασχεῖν Χρήστῳ. εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο ποιήσῃς…
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