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Letter from Theon at Hermopolis to Theon with farm instructions TM 26862OxyrhynchosII - III

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A private letter from Theon, written while staying at Hermopolis, to another Theon, reporting his arrival, items sent, and instructions about work on the farm, irrigation and care of Homonoia. It includes greetings and a complaint from Diogenes about the ratification of a 20-aroura land matter. Oxyrhynchus, 2nd-3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Theon to his dearest Theon, greetings. I want you to know that on the 11th we arrived at Hermopolis, and I am making obeisance on your behalf before the gods with whom I am staying as a guest. I sent you through […]tikos empty baskets (?) […] and the half-jar of Epimachos. Do not neglect the work at your place. I too will try to come to you quickly. Let the cheap wines be moved (?). Be constantly at the farm on account of the waters. Whatever Homonoia needs, give it to her, and look after her as if I were present. Eudaimonis greets you, and Gaius and Ammonios and Herodiaina and Diogenes. Diogenes blames you about the ratification of the twenty arouras. Greet Homonoia and Kyrilla and your brothers. I pray for your health for long ages. [verso] To Theon from Theon, steward.

The address calls the sender, or possibly the recipient, an epitropos (steward or guardian); the abbreviation's case is ambiguous. 'Kyrosis' refers to the formal ratification of a transaction, here concerning 20 arouras of land.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Theon to Theon). 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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p.oxy.41.2982

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

[r] Θέων Θέωνι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι τῇ ια γεγόναμεν εἰς Ἑρμοῦ πόλιν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρʼ οἷς ἐπιξενοῦμαι θεοῖς. ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ τοῦ …[…] τικοῦ βάτους κενοὺς[…] καὶ τὸ ἡμικάδιον Ἐπιμάχου. περὶ τῶν παρὰ σοὶ ἔργων μὴ ἀμέλει. πειράσομαι δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ τά…