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Letter from Aetis to Abinnaeus about hay, wheat and a land dispute TM 10040Hermopolis (?) oder Theoxenis (Arsinoites)ca. 346

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Letter from Aetis, apparently a farm agent, to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the fort at Dionysias, around AD 346. He reports on unpaid deliveries listed in a brevium, an offer of wheat instead of hay, a dispute with villagers over land planted with vines, and asks for sacks and instructions about barley for workers at harvest.

In English machine translation

[recto] To my lord brother Abinnaeus, Aetis, greetings in God. Before all else I pray that you are in good health before our Lord God. I want you to know concerning the brevium (list) which you gave me: no one has deposited anything with me. Concerning the hay of Peeies and Eulogios, they said, "We have no hay. So if he wants, we give wheat instead of the hay." And concerning the aroura of Malitas (?), they planted vine-shoots, but wild ones, and the villagers did not allow it, saying that it is village land. And send me the sacks so that I may load the wheat, since it has appeared. If you want to give a little barley to our people for the harvest, write to me quickly. I greet all those in the house. I pray for your health. [verso] And send the […]. To my lord brother Abinnaeus, Aetis.

Brevium (Greek breouion) is a Latin loanword for a short list or schedule, here probably of dues owed. The phrase about the vines is obscure; 'wild' may refer to the vine shoots or the land.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 346 · Hermopolis (?) oder Theoxenis (Arsinoites)

[r] τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀβινναίῳ Ἀέτις ἐν Θεῷ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν Θεῷ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου ὅμοι δέδωκας οὐδείς μοι οὐδὲν τέθηκε. περὶ τοῦ χόρτου Πεειήου καὶ Εὐλογείου εἶπαν ὅτι οὐκ ἔχομεν χόρτον. ἐὰν οὖν θέλῃ σῖτον ἀντὶ…