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Letter from Appianos ordering pack animals and lentils for Philoteris TM 11026Theadelphia (Arsinoites)23. Okt. 255

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A letter from Appianos, owner of a large estate, to his managers Heroninos at Theadelphia and Eirenaios at Euhemeria, ordering five pack animals sent to Philoteris to carry lentils and telling Heroninos to dispatch 6 artabas to the receiver Eudaimon without delay. Dated 23 October 255, from the Heroninos archive at Theadelphia in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

From Appianos. Immediately on receiving my letter, send 5 pack animals to Philoteris for transporting the lentils. And you too, Heroninos, send up 6 artabas from those you have, but by all means tomorrow, to be delivered to Eudaimon the receiver; for having heard this so many days ago, you neglected it there. To Heroninos, phrontistes of Theadelphia, and to Eirenaios, phrontistes of Euhemeria. I pray for your health, through Asklepiades. Year 3, Phaophi 25.

A phrontistes was the local manager of a unit of the Appianos estate. The letter was written by a secretary, Asklepiades, as the closing 'through Asklepiades' indicates.

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 - Appianos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.flor.2.171

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Okt. 255 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

[v] παρὰ Ἀπιανοῦ. εὐθέως λαβόντες μου τὰ γράμματα ἀποστείλατε εἰς Φιλωτερίδα κτήνη πέντε εἰς ἀνακομιδὴν τῆς φακῆς. ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ ὁ Ἡρωνεῖνος ἀνάπεμψον ἐκ τῶν παρά σοι ἀρτάβας ἓξ ἀλλὰ πάντως ἐν τῇ αὔριον παραδοθησόμενα Εὐδαίμονι παραλήμπτῃ· πρὸ γὰρ τοσούτων ἡμερῶν ἀκούσας τοῦτο, ἐνθ…