p.flor.2.159
[v] [r] […]σεως Ἑρμεια ἐπικτηνίτη […]ω προνοοῦντι τω υι… […]………… […]ος τὸν κύριόν μου ι… […] Ἀλύπιν ωσπ… […]ν ἐπὶ ἤγαγεν σε […]ων ἀπὸ Τῦβι κα […]δραχμὰς διακοσίας γίνεται δραχμαὶ σ […]… Μεχεὶρ β
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11016
Fragmentary letter to Hermeias mentioning Alypios and 200 drachmas TM 11016Theadelphia (Arsinoites)27. Jan. 243
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Fragmentary letter from the Heroninos archive of the Appianus estate at Theadelphia, addressed to Hermeias, apparently an estate official in charge of animals. It mentions the lord Alypios, a period from Tybi and a sum of 200 drachmas, and is dated Mecheir 2 (27 January 243).
In English machine translation
[verso]
[recto]
[…] to Hermeias, keeper of the animals (?)
[…] manager, the son (?) […]
[…]
[…] my lord […]
[…] Alypios […]
[…] brought you
[…] from Tybi […]
[…] 200 drachmas, total 200 drachmas
[…] Mecheir 2
The term epiktenites designates an estate official responsible for draft and pack animals; it has no exact English equivalent. Alypios was the owner or a high manager of the estate in the Heroninos correspondence.
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.