Fragment of a letter concerning barley TM 70894Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?

Fragmentary Greek ostracon from the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, probably part of a letter or order about barley. The writer mentions 5 units of barley, asks the recipient to write back, and notes that they are being pressed for payment.

In English machine translation

The object description leaves open whether this is a letter, receipt or order, but the request "write to me" suggests a letter. The records also list it as O. Berenike 1.117.

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