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A private letter from Nikanor to Ninnaros, steward of the strategos Apion, asking him to recover from the sailor Tithoïs six bundles of goods, including one wrapped in a nut-coloured tunic and sealed with white clay, and to have them returned to the Oxyrhynchite nome. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the late 2nd or 3rd century AD.
'Brother' here is likely a courteous form of address rather than a family relationship. 'Nut-coloured' renders karyinos, a brownish dye or colour named after the walnut..
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 Nicanor). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[v] Νεικάνωρ Νιννάρῳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. εἰδώς σου τὸ σπουδαῖον τὸ πρὸς πάντας καὶ νῦν ἓν τοῦτό μοι ὑπηρετήσεις. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἀπαιτήσας Τιθόιν τὸν ναυτικὸν δύμα καρυΐνου χιτῶνος ἐν ᾧ λίνον καὶ λέντιον τριβακόν, καὶ ἔρια, ταῦτα δὲ πάντα συνενῆν εἰς τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν καρύϊνον καὶ ἐσ…
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