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A letter-order from Isarion to Tourbon instructing him to release 300 artabas of barley, measured by the Tebtynis standard, to the bearers of the letter, since Isarion had already sold it to them and received full payment. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome on 7 November 175 AD.
Year 16 refers to the reign of Marcus Aurelius; the restored imperial name in the dating formula is unusual. The last two lines are too damaged for a continuous sense.
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 Isarione). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Εἰσαρίων Τούρβωι τῶι ἰδίωι κυρίωι χαίρειν. εὖ ποιήσεις τοῖς ἀναδιδοῦσι σοι ταῦτα τὰ γράμματα παραδοὺς μέτρῳ τῆς Τεπτύνεως κριθῆς ἀρτάβας τριακοσίας , ἃς ἔτι συνήλλαξα αὐτοῖς καὶ ἤδη ἐπεπληρώθην τὴν τιμήν. ἔτους ιϛ Αὐρηλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, Ἁθὺρ ι. ἔρρωσο. …δωκε τῶι π…
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