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Letter from Ninnos to Eirenaios, Neres and Theodoros concerning naubia TM 21526Probably village of Euhemeria, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt247-259 A.D.

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A fragmentary letter from Ninnos to Eirenaios, Neres and Theodoros about earthwork measured in naubia, reported through river-guards. It concerns 90 naubia of work undertaken, demands on others, and wages, and dates to AD 247-259.

In English machine translation

[verso] Ninnos to Eirenaios and Neres and Theodoros, greeting. From what was sent to me by Eirenaios through the river-guards' letters concerning the measurements, it became known that […] had been completed […] 90 naubia and […], which you undertook, after the share falling to you, and to demand from the others and […] them to go up, to demand […] to have transferred ⟦to them⟧ to the […] the wages, since the […] […] [recto] To Eirenaios and Neres and Theodoros

A naubion is a unit of earth volume used for dike and canal work owed for the upkeep of the Nile irrigation system. One description places the papyrus at Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome rather than Hermopolis.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter concerning ναύβια). 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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Private letter

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Oslo inv. 316 · 247-259 A.D. · Probably village of Euhemeria, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Letter from Ninnos to Eirenaios, Neres, and Theodoros concerning labour carried out for the Nile concervancy.

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p.oslo.2.57

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 247 - 259 · Hermopolis (?)

[v] Νίννος Εἰρηναίῳ καὶ Νερῇ καὶ Θεοδώρῳ χαίρειν. ἐκ τῶν ἐπισταλέντων μοι παρὰ Εἰρηναίου διὰ τῶν ποταμιτῶν γραμμάτων περὶ τῶν μετρων ἐγνώσθη ἀπηργάσθαι […] ναύβια ἐνενήκοντα καὶ […]ἃ σὺ ἀνεδέξω μετὰ τὸ αἱροῦν σοι μέρος καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπαιτῆσαι καὶ ε[…]αὐτοὺς ἀνελθεῖν ἀπαιτ…[…]…