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A sixth-century letter from Oxyrhynchus in which the sender urges the recipient to come immediately with items discussed in person and to send the estate managers (pronoetai) out to collect dues in gold solidi, threatening them if they are not diligent. He also asks for part of a basket, cheeses and brown wool.
Pronoetai were managers of sections of large estates; the solidus (holokottinos) was the gold coin of the period. The verso address is largely lost, so the names of sender and recipient are unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter concerning Collection of Dues). 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] παρὰ † θελήσῃ σοῦ ἡ τιμιότης πάραυτα ἐλθεῖν ἐνταῦθα φέρων μοι πάντα ὅσα κατὰ πρόσωπον εἶπόν σοι, χρεία γάρ ἐστι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον, τοὺς δὲ προνοητὰς πέμψον εἰς ἀγρὸν εἰς ἀπαίτησιν, παραγγέλλων αὐτοῖς εὐτρεπίσαι μοι πολλὰ ὁλοκόττινα. ζῇ γὰρ ὁ κύριος, ἐὰν μὴ εὕρω ὅτι σπουδὴν πο…
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