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A letter on an ostracon from Trimithis in the Great Oasis, in which Antinos tells his brother Domnion about consignments of jars of must and other goods sent through various carriers. The end, on the other side, is mostly illegible.
The abbreviation τυρ( ) is taken here as cheeses, but its meaning is uncertain. The clause with ἔκρουσεν ('struck') about the other nine jars is obscure; it may mean they were set aside or knocked off for the mistress of the house.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[concave] τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Δομνίωνι Ἀντίνος χαίρειν. ἀπέστειλά σοι διὰ τοῦ πατρὸς Ψενπνούθου γλεύκους κεράμια πεντήκοντα καὶ δι’ Ἑρμάμμωνος τυρίων κεράμια εἴκοσι πέντε καὶ διὰ αὐτοῦ κεράμια δεκαὲξ ἐπειδὴ ἔκρουσεν αὐτῷ τὰ ἄλλα ἐννέα τῇ οἰκο δεσποίνᾳ καὶ εἰ [convex] … … ἀπέστειλ…
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