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A private letter from Eurylochos to his friend Athenodoros, asking for help with a boat matter and for a small chain or other item to be sent, and announcing that he will come after bailing out on the 29th. He promises payment if he hires a boat to Memphis. It dates to Mesore of year 28 of Augustus (late July to August 2 BC) in the Herakleopolite nome.
Several phrases are damaged and the syntax is loose, so the sense of the middle section is uncertain. "Bailing out" renders a verb meaning to drain or empty out, probably of water from a boat.
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.
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