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Letter from Tryphaina to her son Asklepiades about irrigation of land TM 23389Busiris (Herakleopolites)28 - 27 v.Chr.

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A letter from Tryphaina to her son Asklepiades about the irrigation of family land holdings near several villages, rising prices, a request for coverlets and a sandal sent back. It dates to year 3 of Caesar (Augustus), 28-27 BC, from Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] Tryphaina to Asklepiades her son, greetings and continual good health. […] having received the letter from you on the 16th, if the half of the kleros of Agelaos near Ogos is going to be irrigated, until then; but the one near Mouchis has not yet been irrigated, I am distressed, and the money spent on the dykes of all of them (is wasted?). As for what you wrote about, things are more expensive here; the deadly (?) […] and no price has yet been fixed. […] for me 2 coverlets (?), scarlet, fine, beaten, and healthy (?) […] of the boy (?) and do not neglect her […] send […]. I sent the sandal back to you through Apollos. The thirty arouras near Nois have been irrigated. Do not lease the kleros near Tale, but make use of it there for its use […] [… lines lost …] [margin] such a year; Apollos, brother […] brother […] sent […] the same […] Aphrod[…] so that he may not hear about the […] and to the brother […] cover (?) […] Farewell. Year 3 of Caesar. [verso] […]

A kleros was a plot of land originally allotted to a military settler. Several passages, including the one on prices and the coverlets, are damaged and 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28 - 27 v.Chr. · Busiris (Herakleopolites)

[r] Τρύφαινα Ἀσκληπιάδηι τῶι υἱῶι χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· […]… λαβοῦσα τὸ παρὰ σοῦ γράμμα τῆι ιϛ ἐὰν περὶ Ὄγου κλῆρος ὁ Ἀγελάου τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ βρεχήσεται, ἕως τούτου ὁ δὲ περὶ Μοῦχιν οὔπω βέβρεκται, χειρῶμαι καὶ οἱ χαλκοῖ δεδαπανημένοι εἰς τὰ χώματα πάντων· ὑπὲρ δὲ ὧν ἔ…

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · 28 - 27 v.Chr. · Busiris (Herakleopolites)