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Letter from Palas to Heroninos acknowledging receipt of wine from Ibion TM 11107Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A business letter from the Heroninos archive in which Palas acknowledges receiving from Heroninos, the estate manager at Theadelphia, 50 monochora of wine from Ibion released on the written order of the former kosmetes Syros. One jar turned out to be vinegar.

In English machine translation

Palas to his dearest Heroninos, greetings. I have received from you, now too, what was released to me from the (wine) from Ibion, by written order of Syros, former kosmetes, dated to year 3, Phaophi 30: 50 monochora of wine, of which 1 monochoron was found to be vinegar. I pray for your health. […]

A monochoron is a single-handled wine jar used as a unit of measure. The Heroninos archive belongs to the AD mid-3rd century, so the year 3 mentioned is presumably a regnal year of that period.

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.2.229

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

Παλᾶς Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. παρέλαβον παρά σου καὶ νῦν τὰ ἀπολυθέντα μοι ἐκ τῶν ἀπὸ Ἰβιῶνος ἐξ ἐπιστάλματος Σύρου κοσμητεύσαντος κεχρονισμένου εἰς γ ἔτος Φαῶφι λ οἴνου μονόχωρα πεντήκοντα ἐξ ὧν εὑρέθη ὄξους μονόχωρον ἓν . ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι [… ? lines lost …]