OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

Probably belongs to the Archive of Papnuthis/Dorotheos , P.Oxy. 3384-3429

Size:

21 x 9.8 cm.

Lines:

Recto - 18;Verso - 2

Publication side:

Recto; Verso address

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

ca. 360 A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Iatrodoros

Title / Type of text:

Private letter

Content:

Letter from Iatrodoros to Dorotheos concerning money matters

Subjects:

Letter Money-lending Solidus

Named people:

Iatrodoros Dorotheos Pinoutis

Named places:

Nesos

English translation:

To my lord Dorotheos from Iatrodoros. Know that I pressed Pinoutis (l. Pinouthis) hard for the money, the twelve solidi. He replied back: I owe only six solidi. Having received those, I went to Nesos to buy/to exchange them for thirty solidi. Thanks to God I (shall) meet your nobility whenever you like and bring them. And so that your nobility should have no reason to say that I neglected (the matter), I hurried to let your nobility know about this...the...tarries. I pray for your lasting health. Verso: To my lord Dorotheos, from Iatrodoros

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased 1933 from prof. Carl Schmidt, Berlin

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 162
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Bagnall R, Currency and inflation in fourth century Egypt (BASP Suppl. 5) (1985) p. 11-12 (date)

Further Literature

P.Oxy. XLVIII (1981) p. 76, 104-105Bagnall R, Currency and inflation in fourth century Egypt (BASP Suppl. 5) (1985) p. 11-12Choat-M, Belief and cult in fourth-century papyri. 2006, p. 163