Fragment of a letter about lentils, barley and bean prices TM 26596ThebenII - III

Fragment of a private or business letter in which the writer asks the recipient to send lentils, possibly barley instead, and news, and asks about the price per mation of beans and lentils. It comes from Thebes and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. The beginning of the letter, with the names of sender and recipient, is lost.

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