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Letter from Eirenaios to Heroninos about grain, straw, oil and arakos seed TM 11061Theadelphia (Arsinoites)13. Sept. 259

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A letter from Eirenaios to Heroninos, manager of an estate unit at Theadelphia, asking for news about grain in the granary, the gathering of straw, and requesting a jar of oil and an artaba of arakos seed for sowing. It is part of the Heroninos archive and dates to 13 September 259.

In English machine translation

Eirenaios to his dearest Heroninos, greetings. You have not yet informed me about the grain in the granary, whether you inquired of Leontas and whether it can be done. So now, inquire and inform me, so that I may come. I have urged the dekaprotoi to come. But see whether perhaps there is no need for Leontas to learn about this. And also find out whether the straw has been gathered, so that it may be transferred here. The knidion of oil, if it has been made […] Sokras, send it to me through Kaukalos. And also send an artaba of arakos seed through him, since tomorrow I am sowing […] the holding outside Ptos[…]. But see that you do not neglect the matter of the arakos. I pray for your health, dearest. Year 7, Thoth 15.

The dekaprotoi were municipal officials responsible for tax collection. Arakos is a leguminous fodder crop, often rendered as chickling vetch; a knidion is a small jar.

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 - Eirenaios). 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 · 13. Sept. 259 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Εἰρηναῖος Ἡρωνίνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. οὐκ ἔτι ἐδήλωσάς μοι περὶ τῶν σιταρίων τῶν ἐν τῷ θησαυρῷ εἰ ἐπύθου Λεοντᾶτος καὶ δυνατός ἐστι γενέσθαι καὶ ἐὰν νῦν οὖν πυθοῦ καὶ δήλωσόν μοι ἵνα ἔλθω. ἐκίνησα τοὺς δεκαπρώτους ἐλθεῖν. ὅρα δὲ μήπως οὔκ ἐστιν χρεία Λεοντᾶν μαθεῖν περὶ τούτου. ἀ…