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[… ? lines lost …] φ[…]ριου[…] ριαμ…[…] συνέταξας διδόναι ἀρτάβην τὴν ἡμέραν, ὃ γίνεται δύο ὀβολοί. ἐγὼ δέ σοι ἐξ ἑνὸς ὀβολοῦ συνεχώρησα. εὐτύχει
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End of a letter about a daily artaba reckoned at two obols TM 1644unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.
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Fragment of the end of a Ptolemaic letter, probably from the Zenon archive, in which the writer recalls an instruction to pay an artaba a day, reckoned at two obols, and says he conceded it at one obol. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
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[…]rios(?)[…]
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you ordered (me?) to give an artaba per day, which amounts to two obols. But I let you have it at one obol.
Farewell.
The sense of the final clause is uncertain: 'conceded it to you at one obol' may mean the writer reduced the charge by one obol or accepted one obol in place of two. The opening lines, with the names of sender and addressee, are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.