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Letter on the delivery and weighing of a cargo from the Herakleides division TM 11331Arsinoites14. Febr. 139
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Official letter from Lucius Sparsus to Claudius Cerealis, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, confirming that the guards accompanying a grain cargo sent via Besarion son of Heron attended its delivery and weighing, with one absentee, Papeis son of Satabous. Dated 14 February 139.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Lucius Sparsus to Cerealis, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, greetings.
Of the cargo transported from the division under you through Besarion son of Heron, the shipboard guards were present at the delivery and weighing that took place, except for Papeis son of Satabous, freedman of Sallonius.
I pray for your health.
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Mecheir 20.
[verso]
To Claudius Cerealis, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division.
The epiploi were guards who travelled on grain ships to vouch for the cargo; their presence at delivery and weighing confirmed it arrived intact. The phrase about the freedman is somewhat garbled in the Greek (apeleutheurou for apeleutherou).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.grenf.2.46a
[r] Λούσιος Σπάρσος Κερεάλι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοείτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος χαίρειν. γόμου κατακομισθέντος ἐκ τῆς ὑπὸ σοὶ μερίδος διὰ Βησαρίωνος Ἥρωνος οἱ ἐπίπλοοι παρέτυχον τῇ γενομένηι παραδόσει καὶ ζυγοστασίαι χωρὶςὄντοσ ἀπελευθεύρου Σαλλωνίου Παπεῖτος Σαταβοῦτος ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. …