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A private letter on an ostracon from Philokles to Arrios, reporting that a man left as instructed and asking Arrios to give Sknips 5 drachmas and 3 matia of barley so she can make leaven for him. It comes from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert.
The mation is a small dry measure. Sknips is known from other letters of Philokles found at Didymoi.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters Sent by Philokles to Various Persons (Other than Kapparis and Sknips)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Φιλοκλῆς Ἀρρίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν ἄδελφε. καθὼς ἐνετείλου περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀπῆλθε εὐθέως. λοιπὸν ἔγραψά σοι ἵνα εἰδῇς ὅτι ἐμέλησε ἡμῖν· ἀμέριμνος οὖν γίνου. δώσεις Σκνιπὶ δραχμὰς πέντε καὶ κριθῆς μάτια τρία ἵνα ποιήσῃ μοι ζύμην. ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους πάντας […]
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