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Letter of a strategos on wheat sent to the military bakeries at Ptolemais TM 16003Lykopolitesca. 322 (?)

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Letter from Septimius Krateros, strategos of the Lykopolite nome, to the two superintendents of the public bakeries at Ptolemais, informing them that 312 artabas of wheat have been delivered by pack animals for military bread-making through the transporter Lykarion son of Anoubion. It dates to about AD 322.

In English machine translation

[recto] To the Aurelii Flavianus, vir perfectissimus, and Dionysodoros, vir egregius, superintendents of the public bakeries at Ptolemais, Septimius Krateros, strategos of the Lykopolite nome, greetings. There have now again been brought up by pack animals to the military bread-making taking place in your charge, through Lykarion son of Anoubion, transporter, 312 artabas of wheat. And so that you may know, I write to you, dearest friends. I pray for your health. Through an assistant. [verso] To the Aurelii Flavianus and Dionysodoros.

'Diasemotatos' and 'kratistos' are Greek equivalents of the Roman rank titles vir perfectissimus and vir egregius. 'Through an assistant' indicates the letter was sent or signed via the strategos' aide (boethos).

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.43.3124

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 322 (?) · Lykopolites

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