Letter to Diodora concerning grain, animals and orders of Alypios TM 11020Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Fragmentary letter to a woman named Diodora from a man whose name ends in -nios, belonging to the Heroninos archive from Theadelphia in the Fayum. It mentions sending something through the writer's son, the release of grain, animals, two cranes that were found, and goods given to Ammonios of Moithymis, all done on the orders of the writer's lord Alypios.

In English machine translation

Part of the Heroninos archive connected with the estate of Aurelius Appianus, where Alypios was a leading manager; such letters date to the mid-3rd century AD. The word read as 'cranes' (geranous) may refer to birds or possibly lifting devices.

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.