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Letter from Palas to Heroninos about loading pack animals with wine TM 11104Theadelphia (Arsinoites)5. März 258
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Letter from Palas to Heroninos, manager of an estate at Theadelphia, sending five hired pack animals to be loaded with wine released by Ischyrion, half in single and half in double jars, with a warning to check the wine by smell. Palas explains he could not come himself because of business concerning his fishermen. Dated 5 March 258.
In English machine translation
Palas to his dearest Heroninos, greetings.
The 5 hired pack animals I found ready I have sent on to you by the wood-guards, so that you may load them with wine from the stock released to me by Ischyrion, half in single jars (monochora) and half in double jars (dichora). But supply it yourself after testing it by smell, knowing that if bad wine is found among them for me, or anything else bad, it will be sent back to you. From the 3rd (?) vat you will send the double jars, and if you have them, also single jars. For I had no leisure to come to you because of what was written about the fishermen with me.
I pray for your health, dearest.
Year 5, Phamenoth 9.
Monochora and dichora are standard wine jar sizes, roughly single and double measures. The text is part of the Heroninos archive of the Appianus estate; the letter 'gamma' before 'vat' may be a numeral (3rd vat).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as P. Reinach I 54 verso, lettre de Palas à Hèroninos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.horak.24
Παλᾶς Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. Ἃ εὗρον ἐν ἑτοίμῳ κτήνη ε ναυλώσιμα ταῦτα διεπεμψάμην σοι διὰ τῶν ξυλοφυλάκων ὅπως γεμίσης αὐτὰ οἴνου ἐκ τῶν ἀπολυθέντων μοι ὑπὸ Ἰσχυρίωνος τὸ ἥμισυ ἐν μονοχώροις καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ ἐν διχωροις· ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς σὺ αὐτὸς χορήγησον ὡς εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐὰν φαῦλα…