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Letter to Alypios mentioning a voyage, Ptolemais and a letter-carrier TM 11011Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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Fragmentary letter addressed to Alypios, called 'lord' and 'brother', from the Heroninos archive at Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. The writer mentions things brought, a departure by boat from here, Ptolemais, Alypios' kindness, a slave who carried letters, and copies sent at once.

In English machine translation

[recto] [To my lord] brother Alypios […] […] […] good meeting (?) […] […] it was to me when the matters concerning […] […] was brought; and it happened […] […] about him, and before you […] […], O lord, it is so; not […] […] another service agreed (?) […] […] just as he also wrote to you […] […] the sailing out from here […] […] Ptolemais someone to your […] […] you delighted me by taking care […] […] of the young slave, the letter-carrier […] […] he was bringing […] sent in return […] […] immediately copies […] bring (?) […] […] the lady […] […] […]

Alypios was the owner of the large estate managed by Heroninos in the 3rd century AD; the letter's right side is lost, so only the general drift survives.

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 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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