p.mil.vogl.4.217
Γέμεινος Κρονίωνι χαίρειν. εὖ ποιήσεις πέμπων ἃς ἐμέτρησας ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ μέτρῳ ἑξαχοινίκῳ τέσσαρας καὶ τέταρτον, γίνεται πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι δ δ, ἐν κώμῃ Ταλεί. βλέπε μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἔρρωσο ἔτους θ Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου, Φαῶφι κβ.
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Letter from Gemeinos to Kronion about wheat measured at Talei TM 12410Tebtynis (Arsinoites)19. Okt. 124
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A short letter from Gemeinos to Kronion asking him to send the 4 1/4 artabas of wheat that Kronion had measured out on his behalf, using the six-choinix measure, at the village of Talei. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome on 19 October 124.
In English machine translation
Gemeinos to Kronion, greetings.
Please send the (artabas) which you measured out on my behalf by the six-choinix measure, four and a quarter, total 4 1/4 artabas of wheat, in the village of Talei. See that you do not do otherwise.
Farewell. Year 9 of Hadrian the lord, Phaophi 22.
The six-choinix measure was a local measure used to gauge the artabas of grain. Talei (Talei/Tali) was a village of the Arsinoite nome.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Gemino). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.