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Letter from Isidora to her brother Asklas about business affairs TM 18656Busiris (Herakleopolites)3. Nov. 28 v.Chr.

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A letter from Isidora to her brother Asklas about family business affairs: news from their brother Paniskos about an official (the oikonomos Philon) being sent on administrative matters, a matter concerning wheat, and an urging to persist in collecting payment for lentils and olyra. It was written on 3 November 28 BC at Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] Isidora to Asklas her brother, greetings and constant good health, as I pray. I have received what you had written. Our brother Paniskos has written that Noumenios has sent Philon the oikonomos to him in great haste regarding the administration; he has not yet indicated what has come of it. Concerning Areios, Patr[…] himself is writing to him about having wheat entered in the register (?). You and Haramotes, be steadfast in the collection of the price of the lentils and olyra. If anything else comes up, I will let you know. And take care of yourself, so that you stay well. Farewell. Year 3, Hathyr 6. […] (?) [verso] To Asklas her brother.

The catalogue calls the addressee Asklepiades, of which Asklas is a short form. Olyra is a husked grain, often rendered emmer; an oikonomos was a financial administrator.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief der Isidora an Asklepiades). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 3. Nov. 28 v.Chr. · Busiris (Herakleopolites)

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