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Business letter from Theodoros to Makrobios about oil, lentils and cargoes TM 35134unbekanntV

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A fragmentary 5th-century business letter from Theodoros to Makrobios about commercial matters: the price of oil, purchases up to 100 solidi, the exchange rate of the solidus in Alexandria, falling lentil prices, and dry cargoes diverted to Chaireou because of a detention. It ends with greetings to members of the household.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] called (?) […] […] are […] […] so that you may learn … expense (?) […] […] of the clear facts (?), until I learn […] […] for you have to reckon. Concerning the trade (?) […] to you one. Concerning the oil, a little jar (?) […] of the skin 48 talents. With God, as far as […] … up to 100 solidi, buy well (?) […] in Alexandria, of the solidus 60 talents, so that we may be able […] of lentils the price has fallen, and the dry cargoes not […] to Alexandria but to Chaireou, from the loads […] some of the dry cargoes because of the detention […] … the lady, your wife (?), and Hermes and ⟦Herm⟧ […] and Maria, for she is ready for the … [verso] To Makrobios, Theodoros, in the Lord, greetings.

Chaireou was a station on the canal route to Alexandria. The phrase rendered "your wife" (literally "your free woman") and "lady" (kyra) are uncertain in sense.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Theodoros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V

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