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Letter from Alypios to Heroninos ordering a pig and piglets for his cook TM 11019Theadelphia (Arsinoites)249 - 268

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A short note from Alypios, the estate owner, to his manager Heroninos, ordering him to hand over a pig and two fine piglets to Alypios' cook Gregorios and insisting that the pig be a good one. It belongs to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia in the Fayum, AD 249-268.

In English machine translation

From Alypios. Hand over the pig and the 2 fine piglets to Gregorios my cook; but let the pig be a good one. I pray for your health. I have signed. To Heroninos […] […]

Alypios was the owner of the large estate managed by Heroninos. The abbreviated 'I have signed' is his authenticating mark; the address to Heroninos is broken off.

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 · 249 - 268 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

παρὰ Ἀλυπίου. τὸν χοῖρον καὶ τὰ δελφάκια τὰ β καλὰ παράδος Γρηγορίῳ τῷ μαγείρῳ μου ἀλλὰ ἤτω ὁ χοῖρος καλός. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. σεσημείωμαι Ἡρωνίνῳ[…] [… ? lines lost …]