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Letter from Aurelius Neilos to Apollonios ordering clothing TM 28711unbekanntIII (?)

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A private letter from Aurelius Neilos to his friend Apollonios, probably of the 3rd century AD. After greetings and a mention of the god Sarapis, Neilos reminds Apollonios of an order for clothing: two adult dalmatics, two for a boy of about fourteen, and two adult hooded cloaks.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelius Neilos to his dearest Apollonios, greetings. [… 3 lines lost …] […] [to the lord] Sarapis […] […] […] (that) you are well. For this is necessary. And at the same time I remind you about the commissions. They are: 2 full-size dalmatics, 2 others for a child of about fourteen years, and 2 full-size birri, not too thick but sufficiently clean. Farewell, dearest Apollonios. [verso] Deliver […] from Aurelius Neilos.

The dalmatic was a long sleeved tunic and the birrus a hooded cloak; neither has an exact English equivalent. The scribe wrote 'kaalla' for 'kai alla' (and others).

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 Nilus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.harr.1.105

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III (?)

[r] Αὐρήλιος Νεῖλος Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. [… 3 lines lost …] […]τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι … […]…ι…[…]…ηδη…ον σὲ ἔρρωσαι. τοῦτο γὰρ ἐστὶν ἀναγκαῖον. ἅμα τὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐντολικῶν ὑπομιμνῄσκω σε. ἐστὶν δέ· δαλματικαὶ β τέλειοι, κάαλλαι β, παιδίον ὡς ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων , καὶ βίρροι β…