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Letter from Apollos to Abinnaeus about his house in Alexandria TM 10022Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

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A letter from Apollos to Flavius Abinnaeus, whom he calls father, reporting on his inquiry in Alexandria into money received by the late Isas from the hostess of Abinnaeus' house there. Apollos sends Isas' receipt for 232 myriads of denarii and the household accounts, and notes that Piste has run the house since Pharmouthi.

In English machine translation

To my lord father Abinnaeus, Apollos. Before all else I pray to God Almighty that you, in good health together with your household, may receive my letter. As you wrote to me to go into Alexandria and find out what the ever-remembered Isas received from the hostess (?) of your house, I found that he had received, on the strength of your letter, 232 myriads, and he gave a receipt in his own hand for them to the hostess. So look, I have sent you also the receipt that Isas gave for the 232 myriads, and the whole account of the house and of the bread rations. From the month of Pharmouthi Piste took over your house and the loaves up to now; for Isas joined those in the fields (?) and handed it over to Piste. And Isas also received again from […]aleios, on the strength of your letter, 50 myriads and 2 jars of wine. I greet you all by name. I pray for your health for many years. [Address] Deliver to Abinnaeus, from Apollos.

Part of the archive of the military commander Flavius Abinnaeus; sums are in myriads (10,000s) of denarii, reflecting 4th-century inflation. The phrase 'those in the fields' may be a euphemism for having died, consistent with Isas being called 'ever-remembered'.

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

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κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἀβιννέει Ἀπολλῶς. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι τὸν παντοκράτορα θεὸν ὅπως ὑγιαίνων συ μετὰ τοῦ οἴκου ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. καθὼς ἔγραψάς μοι εἰσβῆναι ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρίας καὶ μαθεῖν τί ὑπεδέξατο ὁ ἀείμνηστος Ἰσᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ὅσπιτος τῆς οἰκίας σου, καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν …