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A private letter from Ptolemaios son of Heron to his father, reporting that since the father left about some garments being made by a weaver, he has been waiting there daily, and urging him to come down on the day he receives the letter. The weaver had said something about the price of the garments; the rest is damaged. It dates to late 137 AD, under Hadrian.
Hadrianos was an honorific month name corresponding to Choiak. The provenance is uncertain, possibly Narmouthis in the Fayum.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Πτολεμαῖος Ἥρωνος τῶι πατρὶ χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἀφ’ ἧς ἐξῆλθες ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ περὶ τῶν ἱματίων τοῦ γερδίου παρεδρεύω …ν ἐκεῖ καθ’ ἡμέραν. λαβὼν οὖν τὸ ἐπιστόλιον κάτελθε τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ. ἔλεγε δὲ ὁ γέρδιος ὅτι τὴν τιμὴν τῶν ἱματίων δ…μαι ου α… ποιη…και μ…[…]…το…π… τοῦ π[…]… γρ…
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