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Letter from Souchammon to Heroninos about wine sent by hired donkeys TM 11118Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A letter from Souchammon, estate manager (phrontistes), to Heroninos at Tali in the Heroninos archive. On the instructions of a high-ranking landowner he reports sending 30 two-measure and 44 one-measure jars of wine on 13 hired donkeys and asks for written confirmation of receipt.

In English machine translation

Souchammon, phrontistes, to Heroninos at Tali, his dearest, greetings. In accordance with the instructions of the most esteemed councillor (euschemon), I have sent you by thirteen hired donkeys 30 dichora and 44 monochora of wine, total 30 dichora, 44 monochora. So send me a letter acknowledging their receipt. I pray for your health, dearest. Year 3, Phaophi 14.

Dichora and monochora are wine jars of two and one chous capacity; the Heroninos archive dates to the mid-3rd century AD. 'Euschemon' denotes a man of rank, probably a councillor and estate owner.

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 - Suchammon). 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 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Σουχάμμων φροντιστὴς Ταλει Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. κατὰ τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀξιολογωτάτου εὐσχήμονος ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ ναυλωσίμων ὄνων δεκατριῶν οἴνου δίχωρα τριάκοντα καὶ μονόχωρα τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρα γίνεται δίχωρα λ μονόχωρα μδ. πέμψον μοι οὖν γράμματα αὐτῶν τῆς παραλήμψε…