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Letter from Eirene to Taonnophris and Philon about payments and gifts of fruit TM 28408OxyrhynchosII

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A private letter from Eirene to Taonnophris and Philon, from Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. She reports paying 340 drachmas to Kalokairos on Dionysios' account, asks them to pay the workman Parammon, and lists produce (Ombite dates, pomegranates, grapes) sent by Kalokairos, requesting something 'clean' worth two drachmas in return.

In English machine translation

Eirene to Taonnophris and Philon. I have given Kalokairos 340 drachmas on the account of Dionysios, since he wrote to me to give him as much as he wishes. Please, then, give them to Parammon our workman, and if he still has need, provide him with as much as he wishes, and send him off quickly. I have sent you in my clothes-bag a measure of Ombite dates and twenty-five pomegranates by Kalokairos, sealed. Please send me in it clean (loaves?) worth two drachmas, since I urgently need them. I have sent you by the same Kalokairos a box of very fine grapes and a basket of fine dates, sealed. Farewell. Hathyr 30. [verso] To Taonnophris and Philon.

The word kátharia ('clean things') is unclear; it may mean fine loaves or cleaned grain. 'Ombite' dates come from the region of Ombos in Upper Egypt.

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

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p.oxy.1.116

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

[r] Εἰρήνη Ταοννώφρει καὶ Φίλωνι. δέδωκα Καλοκαίρωι εἰς λόγον Διονυσίου δραχμὰς τμ, γράψαντός μοι ἐκείνου δοῦναι αὐτῶι ὅσον ἐὰν θέλῃ. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσαντες δότε Παράμμωνι τῶι ἐργάτηι ἡμῶν αὐτάς, καὶ ἂν ἔτι χρείαν ἔχῃ παράσχετε αὐτῶι ὅσον ἐὰν θέλῃ, καὶ ταχέως αὐτὸν ἀπολύσατε. ἔπεμψ…