Fragments of a letter concerning accounts and copies TM 1696unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

Two fragments of a Greek papyrus, probably a letter or report from the mid-3rd century BC, mentioning accounts held by a man called Varus (?), copies of documents, a small quantity of wine, and an attempt to prevent something. The context is too damaged to reconstruct in detail.

In English machine translation

The volume belongs to the Zenon archive group, so the text likely comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum, though no provenance is recorded. The name read as Ouaros (Varus) is unusual for this period and may be a different name.

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.