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Letter from Herakleides to Heroninos about sending four donkeys to Taurinou TM 11051Theadelphia (Arsinoites)28. Dez. 259

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A letter from Herakleides to Heroninos, manager of an estate unit at Theadelphia, part of the Heroninos archive. He instructs him to send immediately to Taurinou the 4 donkeys and their driver that Alypios had released by letter. It is dated 28 December 259.

In English machine translation

[verso] Herakleides to Heroninos his brother, greetings. The animals which my lord Alypios released by his own letter, 4 donkeys, together with the donkey-driver, because of the need for the […] (?), as soon as you receive my letter send them at once to Taurinou. I pray for your health. Year 7, Tybi 1. [recto]

Alypios (spelled Alypis here) was the owner of the large estate administered through the Heroninos archive. The word giving the reason for the need is damaged and its meaning is uncertain.

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 - Herakleides). 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 · 28. Dez. 259 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

[v] Ἡρακλείδης Εἱρωνίνῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἃ ἀπέλυσεν κτήνη διὰ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ γραμμάτων ὁ κύριός μου Ἀλύπις ὄνων δ ἅμα τῷ ὀνηλάτῃ διὰ τὴν ἀνάγκην τῶν …ιλωμάτων αὐθωρὸν λαβών μου τὰ γράμματα ἀπόστειλον αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ Ταυρίνου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. ἔτους ζ Τῦβι α [r]