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A private letter from Athenodoros to his 'brother' Seleukos, reporting that he paid wages to a certain Ailianos as instructed and reminding Seleukos of his promise to release him from an administrative post. He also asks that a man called Herakles the lame be sent to him. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome, around the turn of the era.
The word rendered 'olive-presser' (elaiatros/elaiourgos?) is uncertain; 'oikonomia' here likely refers to an administrative stewardship or liturgical office. The end of the letter is lost and several phrases are garbled or unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
Ἀθηνόδωρος Σελεύκῳ τῷ φιλτάτωι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένῳ ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς εὔχομαι· ὡς ἀπέστειλες λέγων μερίσαι ε[…] τῷ ἐλεάτρῳ Αἰλιανῷ μέχρι οὗ καὶ τὰ θʼ ἐξαρτίσας ὀψωνίοις ἐμέρισα. δέομαι δέ σου μή μου ἐπιλαθέσθαι ὥς μοι ὡμολόγησας ῥύσασθαι ἐκ τῆς οἰκονο…
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