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Letter from Alypios to Heroninos about camels to carry timber from Philoteris TM 10981Theadelphia (Arsinoites)22. Dez. 259

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A short business letter from Alypios, head of a large estate, to Heroninos, his manager at Theadelpheia, ordering that any camels arriving be sent to Philoteris to load timber cut for the irrigation machinery works of Neikomedes. It was written on 22 December 259 in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] From Alypios. If the camels come down to you, send them to Philoteris so that they may load the timber that has been produced for the machine works of Neikomedes. I pray for your health. Signed. To Heroninos, manager of Theadelpheia. Year 7, Choiak 25. [verso] From Alypios to Heroninos, manager, at Thraso (?).

Part of the Heroninos archive of the Appianus estate; the 'machine works' (mechanika erga) are probably water-lifting devices. 'Thraso' on the address may be a local place or district name.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Corrispondenza heroniniana - Alypios). 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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p.flor.2.129

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Dez. 259 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

[r] παρὰ Ἀλυπίου ἐὰν τὰ καμήλια κατέλθῃ πρός σε ἀπόστειλον αὐτὰ εἰς Φιλωτερίδα ὅπως γομώσῃ τὰ ξύλα τὰ γενόμενα εἰς τὰ μηχανικὰ ἔργα τοῦ Νεικομήδους. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. σεσημείωμαι Ἡρωνίνῳ φροντιστῇ Θεαδελφείας. ζ ἔτους Χοίακ κε [v] παρὰ Ἀλυπίου Ἡρωνίνῳ φροντιστῇ Θρασώ.