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Unless new related documents come to light, the reason P. Louvre E 7850 was deposited in the archive will remain a mystery. Many other questions also remain unanswered. If the god's father Djekhy, the addressee, was indeed the son of Iturech, what happened to his father? Why does the archive of Djekhy & Son end with this letter in 533 BCE? Is there any connection with the Persian invasion of 525 BCE? In 526 BCE the forty-four year reign of Amasis had ended.

This chapter argues that the Histories are founded on the principle of the instability of human fortune. Herodotus' words echo closely those of Solon to Croesus and of Amasis to Polycrates; the same themes are picked up in the very last chapter of the Histories (9. 122). It has been suggested the even Herodotus saw his own role as enquirer and narrator as analogous to that of the travelling sage Solon. At any rate, the Histories are deeply marked by Solonian ideas. Every reversal in the Histories, every demonstration of the rule of the mutability of fortune is also an illustration of the force of the divine to disturb human affairs.

Papyrus BM EA 10113 was sold in March 1837 during an auction of the collection of Giovanni d'Athanasi by LeighSotheby. This papyrus was only kept in the archive of Djekhy & Son for the short duration of the loan. After the loan was repaid, it would be returned to the debtor as proof of payment.

Insight into character, and its relationship to action, is crucial to Herodotus’ project of memorializing human events and explaining cause and responsibility. Herodotus and his characters are also fascinated with such issues as how far collective and individual character is stable or malleable, how far determined by extrinsic or intrinsic forces, by circumstance, or by custom (nomoi); and to what extent an individual or group can shape history. Herodotus’ methods in depicting character recall those of his contemporary intellectuals: the scientists and sophists, in their interest in cultural influences and national character types, and the Attic tragedians. As in tragedy, the depiction of character in the Histories is not an end in itself, but helps explain action, feeds into wider themes, and affects the reader emotionally and cognitively. The studied ambiguity recalls tragedy, but also reflects the historian’s effort to portray a complex past. Amasis serves as a case study.