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Letter from Eurylochos to Athenodoros about money and wheat shipments TM 23354Herakleopolites22. Dez. 10 v.Chr.

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A business letter from Eurylochos to Athenodoros reporting the delivery and payment of 800 drachmas to a slave named Aniketos, partly rejected coins being made good, and giving instructions about shipments of wheat at Busiris and Tanchai. It dates to 22 December 10 BC, in the reign of Augustus, from the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Eurylochos to his dearest Athenodoros, greeting and continued good health and prosperity. On the 13th Konon brought the 801 drachmas which you wrote to give to the slave. It was found that […] are being rejected (?) by me as not acceptable […] of bronze […] having added on the following day I paid to Aniketos, in the presence of Parthenios, the 800 in full. There is talk of the voyage upriver until another […] Write to Diogas your brother so that in […] 150 (artabas) of wheat, since you have sent instructions about it, 1,450 (artabas) of wheat, so that you may have the artabas of wheat in Busiris, […] all is […]. Do not write and do not […] send to the Troites (?) with those sealed by the merchants, except 1. For they are in Tanchai and cannot be loaded at present. For the rest, take care of yourself so that you stay healthy, which I consider most important. Farewell. Year 21 of Caesar, Choiak 25. So do not hold back the dispatch of the tickets (?). Arsinoite.

The sum is given as 801 drachmas but later as 800 paid in full; some coins were apparently rejected and replaced. The final word 'Arsinoite' is abbreviated and may belong to an address or docket.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Dez. 10 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites

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