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Letter from Syros to Heroninos about an ox-team and transport of timber TM 11132Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A letter from Syros to Heroninos, manager of the estate unit at Theadelphia in the Fayum, part of the Heroninos archive. Syros asks him to lend his ox-team to Demeas for transporting timber across a canal (the Chtho), reminds him to send back the animals without further warning, and asks for fodder for the oxen.

In English machine translation

Syros to his dearest Heroninos, greetings. If Demeas is carrying the small timber, provide him with the ox-team that is with you, if he needs it, until he crosses the Chtho and can return at once. You have had sufficient instruction once already about sending back the animals. Even now send them back, so that there is no need for unpleasant letters to you. I pray for your health, dearest. Year 3, Tybi 20. [margin] I have plenty of firewood ready. And if the ox-team is carrying the sycamore wood, provide fodder. [verso] To Heroninos, manager of Theadelphia, from Syros.

The Heroninos archive dates to the mid-3rd century AD, so year 3 probably refers to a regnal year of that period. The Chtho appears to be a canal or waterway near Theadelphia; 'taurikon' denotes a team of oxen.

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.

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

[r,ctr] Σύρος Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἐὰν τὸ ξυλάριον Δημέας ἀνακομίζῃ παράσχες αὐτῷ τὸ ταυρικὸν τὸ παρὰ σοὶ ἐὰν χρῄζει αὐτοῦ ἐστʼ ἂν διαπεράσῃ τὸ Χθω καὶ δύναται ἐξαυτῆς ὑποστρέψαι. αὐτάρκως δὲ ἔχεις ἅπαξ ἐπιστέλλεσθαι περὶ τῶν κτηνῶν τοῦ ἀναπέμψαι. καὶ ἂν νῦν ἀναπέμψον ἵνα…