Letter May or June 256 BC
Fragment of a letter about somebody who arrived and 30 calves
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Fragment of a letter about an arrival and 30 calves TM 1748unbekannt256 BCE
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Fragment of a letter mentioning someone's arrival, the sending of a person with Apollonios, and the bringing down of 30 calves. It dates to Pharmouthi of year 30 (June 256 BC), during the reign of Ptolemy II.
In English machine translation
[…] having come. But with Apollonios […] to send up […]mon to you. Likewise
[also …] being troubled […]
[…] he will arrange for him as much as he can […] they provide, let them bring down
[…] 30 calves.
[…] Farewell. Year 30, Pharmouthi […].
The date is year 30 of Ptolemy II Philadelphos; the Apollonios named may be the finance minister of the Zenon archive. The number 30 for the calves rests on a damaged numeral.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.3.29
[…]ἐληλυθώς. ἀλλὰ μετʼ Ἀπολλωνίου παρὰ[…]μωνα ἀναπέμπειν πρὸς σέ. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ[…]υν θορυβουμενο[…]νοις […]… αὐτὸν τάξεται ὅτι ἂν πλεῖστον δύνηται[…] παρέχωνται καταγαγέτωσαν […]… λ μόσχων. […] ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λ Φαρμοῦθι ….