Letter
End of a letter
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1944
End of a letter asking for quick settlement with workers TM 1944Philadelphia (Arsinoites)November 27, 253 B.C.
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The end of a business letter from Philadelphia in the Fayum, dated 27 November 253 BC. The writer asks the recipient to deal quickly with certain people so that they are not held up, since they are busy with work.
In English machine translation
[…] to do (?) with them. Please, therefore, settle matters with them as quickly as possible, so that they are not detained, because they are engaged in work.
Farewell.
Year 33, Phaophi 4.
Year 33 is the regnal year of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The letter belongs to the Zenon archive, and the beginning, with the names of sender and recipient, is lost.
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 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.mich.1.44
[… ? lines lost …] ποιησαι πρὸς αὐτούς. καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις τὴν ταχίστην πρὸς αὐτοὺς οἰκονομήσας, ἵνα μὴ κατέχωνται, διὰ τὸ πρὸς ἔργοις αὐτοὺς εἶναι. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λγ, Φαῶφι δ.