Letter of Sosibios about a boat's cargo and a matter of honey TM 23385Herakleopolites25. Juni - 24. Juli 12 v.Chr.

[…] about the honey, and they did not take it, and I put pressure on them, Soterichos and Ischyras. When I wanted to come to you in order to visit you, I learned from Phileros and his people that … as I have (it?). Farewell. From Sosibios. Know that the boat was due to arrive on the 25th; and we did our best until the items listed below are unloaded: 15 jars of wine, 2 of vinegar, 2 of wine lees, 8 metretai of oil, 1 sealed (jar) of foreign (wine). Of beans and split pulse, 10 … (koiek?), of which 4 … (koi?) are lying at the mooring; 4 Arsinoite …, 3 …; 3 pigs, 66 … The cut piece (?) they did not take. Stored under the cabin of the boat are 4 willow logs. You write to me to take delivery of 5, so I took also 4 olive-wood (logs) that had been sold, other olive-wood ones, in place of which you write eleven to me, ten. I received 12 jars of vinegar, the 2 cloven-hoofed animals (?) lying at the mooring, likewise at the mooring also some of the log. The note about the honey is sealed along with the rest; for I kept close watch a great deal. And take care of yourself so that you stay healthy, which indeed I consider most important. Year 18 of Caesar, Epeiph […]. [verso] From Sosibios.