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Letter to the merchant Athenodoros about boats requisitioned by the legion TM 23368Herakleopolites26. Juni 4 v.Chr.

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A business letter to the merchant Athenodoros reporting that the legion has requisitioned all the boats, so the writer cannot ship wheat to Koma and asks for another boat lest the grain go unsold. Written in the Herakleopolite nome on 26 June 4 BC.

In English machine translation

[…] to Athenodoros the merchant, […] very many greetings and that you may continue always in the best of health, as I pray. Know that all the boats have been requisitioned by the legion, and I cannot find how I may now transport [the wheat] to Koma. So if you are willing, send me another boat so that I may travel to Koma. For if [the wheat] is not transported, it will be unsold. For each […] farmer from Nea Agora; for those who took the new (crop?), most of them already […] the price to the legion. Antiochos, they say, I must receive for what they did […] the expense. Above all, take care of yourself so that you stay healthy, which I consider most important. Farewell. Year 26 of Caesar, Epeiph 2.

Year 26 of Caesar is Augustus' 26th regnal year. The middle section about the farmers of Nea Agora and the price paid to the legion is damaged and its sense uncertain.

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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bgu.16.2644

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Juni 4 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites

[…]Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἐμπολαίωι […]πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένωι ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς εὔχομαι· γίγνωσκε ὅτι τὰ πλοῖα ἅπαντα ἐγγεγάρευται ὑπὸ τῆς λεγεῶνος καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκω πως νῦν τὸν πυρὸν μεταγάγω εἰς Κόμα· εἰ οὖν ἐθέλεις πέμψον μοι πλοῖον ἕτερον ὅπως πορεύωμαι εἰς τὴν Κόμα…