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A short business letter from Horion to Heroninos, manager of an estate unit at Theadelphia, asking him to supply hay for the bulls of Hatres, a bull-driver of the lord's account working at a canal. Horion says the order comes from his lord Syros. It is dated 26 July 257 and belongs to the Heroninos archive.
The 'lord's account' (kyriakos logos) refers to the estate owner's administration within the large Appianus estate. The 'Authentic canal' (authentike diorux) appears to be the name of a local canal, so its rendering is approximate.
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 - Horion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ὡρίων Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἐὰν ἡδέως ἔχῃς παράσχες Ἁτρῇ ταυρελάτῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ κυριακοῦ λόγου ὄντα ἐν τῇ αὐθεντικῇ διώρυχι ἅμα ἀλλοῖς ὥστε τοῖς ταυροῖς αὐτοῦ χόρτον· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐκέλευσεν ὁ κύριός μου Σύρος. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. ἔτους δ Μεσορὴ β [v] Ἡρωνείνῳ παρὰ Ὡρίωνος
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