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Σύρος Ἡρωνείνῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. οἰκονόμησον ἀφʼ ὧν ἔχεις παρά σοι ἐκ τῶν ἑτοιμοτέρων ὥστε Λύγγῳ γυμνασιαρχήσαντι δεκαπρώτῳ οἴνου […]κοντα ὧν [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11144
Letter from Syros to Heroninos about wine for Lynkos the dekaprotos TM 11144Theadelphia (Arsinoites)249 - 268
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Fragmentary business letter from Syros to Heroninos, manager of an estate at Theadelphia, instructing him to supply a quantity of wine from the most readily available stock to Lynkos, a former gymnasiarch and dekaprotos. It belongs to the Heroninos archive of the mid-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Syros to Heroninos, his dearest, greeting.
Arrange, from what you have with you, out of the readiest stock, that to Lynkos, former gymnasiarch and dekaprotos, [...]ty (keramia?) of wine [...] of which
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The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting taxes in kind. The number of wine measures ends in '-ty' and the unit is lost; the rest of the letter is missing.
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.