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Letter from Palas to Heroninos acknowledging receipt of wine TM 11106Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A letter and receipt from Palas to Heroninos, manager of an estate at Theadelphia, acknowledging receipt of 12 two-measure jars (dichora) of wine released to him by Alypios for his expenses. A partly damaged postscript asks Heroninos to select wine of good quality, apparently in single-measure jars.

In English machine translation

[verso] Palas to his dearest Heroninos, greetings. I have received from you, also now, on the account of the respectable (?) [...], what was released to me by the most excellent Alypios for the expenses with me, for which I shall give account: twelve dichora of wine, total 12 dichora. I pray for your health, dearest. You will do well, brother, [to ...] from them [...] of monochora [...] having sent [...] the other [...] of [...]chora [...]. It is best to select them for their fine quality [...] other [...] by all means, brother, for I am about to [...] through [...]. I pray for your health, brother. [recto]

Part of the Heroninos archive from the estate of Aurelius Appianus, in which Alypios was a leading figure. Dichora and monochora are wine jars of two and one units of capacity.

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 - Palas). 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.2.228

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

[v] Παλᾶς Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. παρέλαβον παρά σου καὶ νῦν ἀπὸ λόγου τοῦ εὐσχήμονος τὰ ἀπολυθέντα μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου Ἀλυπίου εἰς τὰ παρʼ ἐμοὶ ἀναλώματα ὧν λόγον δώσω οἴνου δίχωρα δώδεκα γίνεται δίχωρα ιβ. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι φίλτατε. καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις ἄδελφε ἐξ αὐτῶν μο…