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Letter from Eudaimon to the manager Zoilas about soldiers and gathering crops TM 16882Oxyrhynchites (?)259 - 264 (?)

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A short business letter from Eudaimon to Zoilas, an estate manager (phrontistes), probably in the Oxyrhynchite nome around AD 259-264. He warns that the villagers of Gonia have obtained soldiers from the prefect to search for people from Mastis, and urges Zoilas to gather in and thresh the barley, lentils or hay before trouble breaks out.

In English machine translation

Eudaimon to Zoilas, manager, greetings. I sent the little letter through Eleutheros, the man in charge of the embarkation (embole). Know that the people of Gonia have obtained soldiers from the prefect for a search for the people of Mastis(?). So whether it is barley or lentils or hay, gather it in and thresh it before trouble arises. Farewell.

The embole was the shipment of grain to Alexandria for the state. 'Mastitai' is taken here as the inhabitants of a village named Mastis, whose exact identity is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Eudaemon). 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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p.oxy.33.2681

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 259 - 264 (?) · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Εὐδαίμων Ζωιλᾷ φροντιστῇ χαίρειν. τὸ ἐπιστολίδιον διʼ Ἐλευθέρου ἔπεμψα τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐμβολῆς. ἴσθι ὅτι οἱ Γωνιῶται ἐσχήκασι στρατιώτας παρὰ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἐπὶ ζήτησιν τῶν Μαστιτῶν. εἴτε οὖν κριθὴν εἴτε φακῆν εἴτε χόρτον σύνλεξον καὶ πάτησον πρὶν θόρυβον γενέσθαι. ἔρρωσο.