Commerce

Private Letter
P. Mich. Inv. 121, item 1
Provenance unknown
This letter, written in Greek, mentions several transactions regarding garments: purchasing ready-made garments, having cloaks woven, and the transport of a mantle (shawl). The letter is dated February 11, 99 A.D.

Antonius to Apuleius and Valerias both, greeting and continued good health.

Before all else I want to send my salutation by letter.

Please be so good as to take thought about the two purple robes, in order that no one else may take them away, and the upper cloths and their mantle. And ask Apion about the cloaks, and ask him: “How much will the cost of weaving be?” And let Atolessia, the daughter of Isotas, come down. I will write a letter. Let one of you come down.

Thermouthas sends you many, many greetings, and she reproaches you often because you do not send her a letter in reply.

The year 2 of the Imperator Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, Mecheir 17.

And send Daphne’s mantle to her.

(Address) Deliver to Apuleius; deliver to Valerias.