p.flor.2.256
Σύρος Ἡρωνίνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. τρία ζυγόταυρα τέλεια καὶ ασ…ηρα πηχῶν ιε ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ἀναπέμψον διὰ τοῦ κάρνου ἀποφερόμενα εἰς Μοιθῦμιν. ἀλλὰ πάντως ἐπεὶ ἡ χρεία [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11143
Letter from Syros to Heroninos about sending yoke-straps to Moithymis TM 11143Theadelphia (Arsinoites)249 - 268
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Fragment of a business letter from Syros to Heroninos, manager of the Appianus estate at Theadelphia, asking him to send three complete yoke-straps and another item 15 cubits long to Moithymis. It belongs to the Heroninos archive of the mid-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Syros to his dearest Heroninos, greetings.
Send up by all means three complete yoke-straps (?) and […] of 15 cubits, by the camel (?), to be carried to Moithymis.
But by all means, since the need […]
[…]
The word zygotauron, apparently a yoke strap or ox-yoke fitting, is rare and its exact meaning is uncertain. The phrase rendered 'by the camel' (dia tou karnou) is doubtful, and the item 15 cubits long is illegible in part.
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.