One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2399

Fragment of a letter mentioning drachmas, artabas and sacrificial animals TM 2399unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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A small fragment of a Greek letter from the mid-3rd century BC, mentioning a request to write to the addressee, sums of 20 drachmas and 6 artabas, and possibly sacrificial animals or priests. Most of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

[…] to write to you […] […] from him […] […] 20 drachmas […] 6 artabas […] […] of the sacrificial animals (?) […] […]

The word read as hiereiōn could mean 'sacrificial animals' or be a form related to priests or priestesses; the context is too broken to decide. The text likely belongs to the Zenon archive, though no place is given in the records.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.7.2177

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte III v.Chr.

[…]ιλων γράψαι πρός σε […]ν παρʼ αὐτοῦ ευ… […]…αυτηι δραχμ κ […]υτηι ἀρταβ ϛ […] […] τῶν ἱερείων[…] [… ? lines lost …]