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Letter from Ninnaros to Ptolemaios about farm work and sales TM 26503unbekanntII

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A badly damaged private letter from Ninnaros to Ptolemaios, from Roman Egypt in the 2nd century AD. It reports on farm work such as reeds cut and bound, a camel-driver leasing 2 more arouras, digging, and sales, and mentions money handled by a certain Hermias and a deposit at a bank.

In English machine translation

[recto] Ninnaros to Ptolemaios […], greetings […]. Before you wrote to me […] through the camel-driver […] a little letter immediately […] and I told […] […] let us measure them […] […] the three […] […] […]. I took care of the reeds (?) […]: they have already been cut and bound. The camel-driver leased another 2 arouras […] […] has plucked […] […] be pulled up […] […] sold (?) […] […] and having received […] […] immediately deposit it at the bank […] to send you […] […] you the […] […] Hermias having come […] received the remaining drachmas […] eight were given for exchange […] […] of Hermias […] have already been dug. The little olives (?) not yet […] is going ahead […] if it has not been sold […] I will send you the price concerning […] having gone to the market […] I will send from Hermias […] by the […] of yours […] for which […] I sent […] on the […] […] you will do […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] needs […] I said […] […] concerning the […] […] [verso] To Ptolemaios from Ninnaros.

Much of the text is lost or illegible, so the connection between the reported tasks is uncertain. The word rendered 'little olives' (eladia) may refer to olive produce or small quantities of oil.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private 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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.freib.4.64

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II

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