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Order from Alypios to Heroninos for delivery of wine to Palas TM 10998Theadelphia (Arsinoites)10. Nov. 264

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An order from Alypios, owner of a large estate, to Heroninos, manager of the Thraso unit, to hand over twelve double jars of wine to Palas, manager at Philoteris, for local expenses, with Palas's acknowledgement of receipt added below. It belongs to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to 10 November 264.

In English machine translation

From Alypios. Hand over to Palas, manager of Philoteris, for the expenses at his place, for which he will render account, from the readier (stock) of wine, twelve dichora; total, 12 dichora of wine, receiving from him a written acknowledgement of the receipt. I have signed; and hand over the twelve dichora of wine as stated above. I, Palas, have received the twelve dichora stated above, for which I will render account. To Heroninos, manager of Thraso. Year 12, Hathyr 14.

A dichoron is a two-chous wine jar, a standard unit in the estate accounts. Thraso and Philoteris were villages where the Appianus estate had management units, each run by a phrontistes (manager).

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 10. Nov. 264 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

παρὰ Ἀλυπίου παράδος Παλᾷ φροντιστῇ Φιλωτερίδος εἰς τὰ παρʼ αὐτῷ ἀναλώματα ὧν λόγον δώσει ἐκ τῶν ἑτοιμοτέρων οἴνου δίχωρα δώδεκα· γίνεται οἴνου δίχωρα ιβ, λαμβάνων παρʼ αὐτοῦ γράμματα τῆς παραλήμψεως. σεσημείωμαι καὶ παράδος τὰ τοῦ οἴνου δίχωρα δώδεκα ὡς πρόκειται. Παλᾶς παρέλαβο…