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Letter from Alypios to Heroninos ordering cattle sent for threshing TM 11007Theadelphia (Arsinoites)11. Juli 266

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A letter from Alypios, owner of a large estate, to his local manager Heroninos, ordering him to send all available cattle except those working the irrigation machines with the boy Kopres to the Taurinos estate. There they were to thresh crops on the shore land that mice were eating. It was written in 266 AD in the Arsinoite nome and belongs to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia.

In English machine translation

[recto] From Alypios. All the cattle you have, apart from those working the water-lifting machines, whether heifers or larger beasts, hand over to Kopres the slave boy, so that they may go to the estate of Taurinos for a few days to tread the harvested crops on the shore land, which are being devoured by mice, causing us no small loss in this matter. But see that you do not neglect this, or it will not go well for you; for when your own harvested crops need to be gathered in, you will have more help, with cattle being brought to you from other places as well. I pray for your health. Signed. But see that you do not neglect this. To Heroninos, manager, at Tharso (?). Year 13, Epeiph 17. [verso] From Alypios to Heroninos, manager, at Thraso (?).

The place name in the address is written Tharso on the recto and Thraso on the verso. 'Threshing' renders patein, literally 'to tread': cattle trampled the harvested sheaves to separate the grain.

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 · 11. Juli 266 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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