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Letter from Alypios to Heroninos about arrears of a per-man levy TM 11008Theadelphia (Arsinoites)5. Dez. 266

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A short order from Alypios, the estate owner, to his manager Heroninos at Thraso, telling him to make two men, Kerdon and Pannsas, pay their share of a per-head levy so that Alypios's own workers are no longer pressed for the arrears. Alypios warns that otherwise a soldier may be sent to collect, which he has so far prevented. It belongs to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia, dated 5 December 266.

In English machine translation

[verso] From Alypios. Make the men from the estate of Sabeinas who are with you, Kerdon and Pannsas, pay in full to our men from the estate of Sabeinas the equal share (isophorion), since they are being harassed about the arrears of the per-man levy. But see that you do not neglect this, lest a soldier be sent against them and they suffer harm through the expense of his travel besides; for when a soldier was about to be sent against them, I held him back. I pray for your health. Signed. But see that you do not neglect it. To Heroninos, manager at Thraso. Year 14, Choiak 9. [recto]

Isophorion denotes an equal contribution owed by each party; 'kat' andra' refers to a levy assessed per man. 'Ephodion' here probably means the travel costs of the soldier, which the debtors would have to pay.

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 · 5. Dez. 266 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

[v] παρὰ Ἀλυπίου. ποίησον τοὺς παρά σοι ὄντας ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαβεινα Κερδῶνα καὶ Παννσα πληρῶσαι τοὺς ἡμετέρους τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαβεινα τὸ ἰσοφόριον ἐπειδήπερ ἐνοχλοῦνται περὶ τῆς λοιπάδος τοῦ κατʼ ἄνδρα. ἀλλὰ ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἐν τούτῳ μὴ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς στρατιώτης ἀποστάλῃ καὶ ἄλλως ἐφόδιον βλα…