A letter from Eurylochos to Athenodoros from the Herakleopolite nome, dated Year 17 of Caesar (Augustus), in Mecheir, with an attached copy of instructions. It concerns allowances of wheat, wine, wool and money for officials, reported by the oikonomoi for years 17 to 26, with a list of wheat payments to a surveyor and an inspector.
In English machine translation
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Eurylochos to his dearest Athenodoros, greeting and wishes for continued good health and prosperity. On the ninth day, while they were waiting with us, Aphi(?) went off and released(?) them to the countryside. When the letter of Dorion came about […]naxos(?) coming up, since you had written suddenly […] from us that never […]
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[…] and it is necessary […]
Take care of yourself so that you stay well. Farewell.
Year 17 of Caesar, Mecheir.
When you have read this letter, post it up so that […] of Asklepiades the stonecutter […] to the appointed overseers, both present and past. Support Rouphion in demanding as […] to me. To yourself […] to you from three, of a triobol, reminding, you ordered […] to be given to them for year 24 of Caesar: of the Herakleopolite nome, to Athenodoros 500 artabas of wheat, 100 half-jars of wine, 100 fleeces of soft wool; of the Arsinoite nome, 3000 drachmas.
Dorion signed. The aforementioned oikonomoi have reported to themselves and to the scribes the aforementioned sums from year 17 to year 26 […] and in the (account?) of Asklepiades he will assign […] to Ptolemaios the scribe 250 (artabas) of wheat and 400 drachmas of silver, concerning which it will be necessary from these.
[…] inspecting the livelihood; the half share of all the rest, the leader(?) […]
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to the surveyor, 30 (artabas) of wheat
to the inspector, 250 (artabas) of wheat
total 280 (artabas) of wheat
Dorion must be given […] in the allowance of the scribe and in their case it is necessary […] inspect […] to these in each case. I signed you […]
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Rouphion […]
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The text is badly damaged and its Greek irregular, so many passages are uncertain. Oikonomoi were financial administrators of the nome; 'Caesar' here is Augustus, so year 17 is about 14/13 BC.
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.