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Letter from Alypios to Heroninos about feeding two bulls TM 11006Theadelphia (Arsinoites)4. März 266

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A short letter from Alypios, owner of a large estate, to Heroninos, manager of the estate unit at Thraso, ordering him to feed carefully two bulls sent by the manager Horion so they can travel up on the 2nd. It belongs to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and is dated 4 March 266.

In English machine translation

[recto] From Alypios. The two bulls which Horion the manager is sending you, feed carefully so that they may be able to go up on the 2nd. I pray for your good health, many times. I have signed. To Heroninos, manager of Thraso. Year 13, Phamenoth 20. [verso]

A phrontistes was the local manager of a unit of a large estate. The verso was left blank in the edition (the address appears at the foot of the recto instead).

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 · 4. März 266 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

[r] παρὰ Ἀλυπίου. τοὺς δύο ταύρους οὓς ἀποστέλλει σοι Ὡρίων ὁ φροντιστὴς ἐπιμελῶς θρέψον ἵνα δυνηθῇ τῇ β ἀνελθεῖν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλά. σεσημείωμαι Ἡρωνείνῳ φροντιστῇ Θρασώ. ἔτους ιγ Φαμενὼθ κ [v]