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A private business letter to Phanias, secretary of the harbour of Memphis, reporting that the writer has shipped jars of old wine and plants to him, and asking him to remind Antonius Petron and Asklepiades about sums of 50 drachmas. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
Provenance is given as the Arsinoite nome in one record and the Memphite nome in another; the addressee was at Memphis. The end of the letter is lost and the first line is damaged.
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.
This papyrus contains a letter to Phanias, a secretary of the Harbor of Memphis, concerning business matters. The writer mentions some wine and plants which he put on board a ship for Phanias, and tells him to remind two other persons about a matter, apparently a payment due.
[ctr] […]…ε διὰ κερ …δω ναυκλήρου χαίροις, κύριέ μου ἄδελφε Φανία. ἐνεβαλόμην κάδων οἴνου παλαῖου ……ητα ἐπιγεγραμμένα Φανίου δ. πέπεισμαι ὡς πάλαι ἐμνήσθης Ἀντωνίωι Πέτρωνι περὶ τῶν ν δραχμῶν. εἰ δὲ μή, γράψον αὐτῷ εὐθέως ἵνα καταλάβῃ ἡ ἐπιστολὴ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀποχωρισμόν. μνησθήσῃ δὲ…
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