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Letter from Apa Mios to Aminneus about a camel shipment of wine TM 10065Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 346

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A Christian letter from Apa Mios to his 'brother' Aminneus about sending wine in spathia by camel drivers of Apollonios' group, asking him to pay them promptly and release them because of a festival. It belongs to the archive of Abinnaeus, around AD 346, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

Apa Mios to his beloved brother Aminneus, greetings in the Lord. Before all else I pray to God for your well-being. As you wrote about spathia of wine, having found an opportunity of two or three camels, those of Apollonios' party, I asked them and pressed them and sent them to you. So pay them the price and release them at that very hour, since you know yourself that it is a feast day, and they begged me earnestly. So do not detain them for another day. I did not have any laid by for myself; so as soon as I learn that you do not have any, I will send to you, and if the brothers come to you, have the mixture (?) made for them and send it. I greet you and all those in your house, and if you have leisure, come to us so that we may see you, and may God protect you. Apa Mios. I greet Syros and all those in his house. [address] To the beloved brother Aminneus, Apa Mios.

A spathion is a small wine jar or measure with no exact English equivalent. The word zmēma (for smēgma?) is obscure; it may mean a mixture or an ointment/soap preparation.

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 · Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

ἄπα Μιὸς τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμιννέῳ ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ θεῷ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. καθὼς ἔγραψας περὶ σπαθίων οἴνου, ὡς δύο καμήλων ἢ τριῶν εὐκαιρίαν εὑρὼν τοὺς περὶ Ἀπολλώνιον ἠξίωσα αὐτοὺς καὶ ἠνάγκασα αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔπεμψά σοι· ἵνα οὖν πληρώσῃς αὐτοὺς τὴς τι…