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Fragment of an official letter about persons from the village of Arsinoe TM 133269Arsinoites (?)III - II v.Chr.

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Fragment of an official letter, probably Ptolemaic, concerning certain listed people from the village of Arsinoe and soldiers sent by the writer, apparently to settle their affairs. A list naming Ktesippos and Eirene follows the closing and the date Choiak 11.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] greetings. The persons listed below, of those from the village of Arsinoe […] […] to the soldiers sent by us, so that their affairs […] Farewell. Year […], Choiak 11 […] […] Ktesippos and Eirene the […] [verso] […] Ktesipp[os] […]

The provenance in the Arsinoite nome is uncertain. Arsinoe was the name of several villages, so which one is meant cannot be determined.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera d'ufficio). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III - II v.Chr. · Arsinoites (?)

[r] […] χαίρειν. τοὺς ὑπογεγραμμένους τῶν ἐξ Ἀρσινόης κώμης […] […] τοῖς ἀπεσταλμένοις ὑφ’ ἡμῶν στρατιώταις ὅπως τὰ κατ’ αὐτοὺς […] […] ἔρρωσο. ἔτους […] Χοιὰχ ια […] […]…ων Κτήσιππον καὶ Εἰρήνην τὴν[…] [v] […]κ Κτησιππ[…]