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Letter from Patron, resident of Oxyrhynchite Nome, chiefly dealing with private matters.
Translation: Goodbye. The 2nd year, Tybi 30. Patron to --ippos, greeting. Ptolemaios the merchant's son has written to … his father of the way in which we instructed you about the 50 drachmas o as to make another loan (?) until our boat starts. Give him therefore my letter lest you lose the chance. I have written for you a copy of his letter to me and of what he writes to his father. He brings you some … lotus-fruit. Goodbye. The 2nd year, Tybi 30.
Translation: Goodbye. The 2nd year, Tybi 30. Patron to --ippos, greeting. Ptolemaios the merchant's son has written to … his father of the way in which we instructed you about the 50 drachmas o as to make another loan (?) until our boat starts. Give him therefore my letter lest you lose the chance. I have written for you a copy of his letter to me and of what he writes to his father. He brings you some … lotus-fruit. Goodbye. The 2nd year, Tybi 30.