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A business letter from Alypios, head of a large estate, to Heroninos, his manager at Thraso. Alypios has sent transport to carry timber cut by Perigenes' gang, orders the usual rations for the workers, and tells Heroninos to stock axles while the canals are dry. It was written in 257 AD in the Theadelphia area of the Fayum.
The word rendered 'boats (?)' (karna) is obscure; it may denote some means of transport. The letter belongs to the Heroninos archive of the Appianus estate, and the axles were probably for irrigation water-wheels.
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.
παρὰ Ἀλυπίου. ἔπεμψα τὰ κάρνα ἵνα τὰ κοπέντα ξύλα παρενέγκῃ ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ Περιγένην οἷς τροφὰς δὸς τὰς ἐθίμους. φροντίδα δὲ ποίησαι καὶ ἀξόνων ἵνα ἕως αἱ διώρυγες ὕδωρ μὴ ἔχουσιν προβολὴ ἡ αὐτάρκης ἡμῖν τῇ ὑπηρεσίᾳ γένηται. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. σεσημείωμαι Ἡρωνίνῳ φροντιστῇ Θρασώ.…
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