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Fragmentary business letter from Syros, belonging to the Heroninos archive of the Appianus estate at Theadelphia, blaming the recipient for allowing some misconduct and ordering him to prepare equipment quickly because it is needed for carting sand. It dates to year 1, Mesore 22, within AD 250-261.
The words ἐξαρτία (equipment, tackle) and κάρνου καψικοῦ are obscure; the latter apparently refers to a vehicle or its fittings, so the rendering is uncertain. Ammegia is the transport of sand, an estate task with no exact English equivalent.
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 - Syros). 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] [… ? lines lost …] τῳ ἐπιτρέπῃ τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπιπλήσσειν. σὺ δὲ τούτων αἴτιος εἶ συνχωρῶν τὸ τοιοῦτο γείνεσθαι ἐξαρτίαν κάρνου καψικοῦ ποίησον ἐν τάχει ε…ε…ι γείνεσθαι ἐπεὶ χρῄζομεν ἤδη αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἀμμηγίαν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι φίλτατε. α ἔτους Μεσορὴ κβ [v] […] Θεαδελφείας…
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