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A business letter from Euangelos to Leonides, whom he addresses as master and father, from the second half of the 5th century AD. He reassures him about a matter concerning sailors, already settled by a ratified ruling and oaths sworn in church, and urges him to recover a gold coin given to Petros; he also reports that the villagers refused to divide Phoibammon's grain.
"Father" may be a respectful address rather than literal kinship. The word translated "gold solidus" (chrysinos) denotes the standard late Roman gold coin; part of the middle passage is illegible and its sense uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Geschäftsbrief des Euangelos an seinen Vater). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πατρὶ Λεωνίδῃ Εὐάγγελος. περὶ τῶν ναυτῶν μὴ προσποιηθῇς· καὶ γὰρ πέρυσι φανερὸς τύπος δέδοται καὶ ἔστιν κυρωθεὶς ἐν τῷ λογιστηρίῳ· καὶ γὰρ ὅρκος ἐδόθη καὶ παρὰ ἄλλων ναυτῶν καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ πέρυσι. καταξίωσον δὲ μετὰ σπουδῆς λαβεῖν τὸν χρύσινον, ὃν δέδ…
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