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A letter from the priests, deacons and other inhabitants of the village of Akoutou to the priest Philoxenos, concerning a gold solidus loan connected with a certain Ioannes. They report sending the agreed interest of 12 diplas of wine through Philoxenos' son Poimen; the request that follows is lost. It dates to the 5th century AD, from Oxyrhynchus.
The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard late Roman gold coin; the diplon (diplas) was a double-sized wine jar used as a measure. Interest here is paid in kind, in wine.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as To the Priest Philoxenus). 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 εὐλαβεστάτῳ καὶ θεοσεβεστάτῳ Φιλοξένῳ πρεσβυτέρῳ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ διάκονοι καὶ λοιποὶ τῆς κώμης Ἀκούτου ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ χαίρειν. ἐν πρώτοις μὲν προσαγορεύομεν τὴν σὴν χρηστότητα ὅπως ὑγιαίνοντος σου καὶ εὐθυμοῦντος ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρʼ ἡμῶν γράμματα. νῦν δέ, καθὼς πεποίηκες τὴν ἀγ…
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