Business Letter
Letter concerned with some mainly agricultural business
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28822
Letter from Diogenes to Sarapion about sheep and green fodder TM 28822UnknownIInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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A private business letter from Diogenes to Sarapion reporting on a flock of sheep (8 ewes and 8 rams, all in good condition), the arrival of workers, and advising him not to sell his green fodder. The rest of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
Diogenes to the most esteemed Sarapion, greetings. As you spoke to me about the sheep: there are 8 females and 8 males. The sheep are in good condition. The workers came to me from the 21st (?). If you have green fodder for sale, do not sell it, for our […]
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The phrase "from κα" is unclear; it may be a date (the 21st) or an abbreviated place name. "Green stuff" (chlora) probably means green fodder or fresh crops.
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 Diogenes to Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.15.753
Διογένης Σαραπίωνι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. ὡς ἐλάλησάς μοι περὶ προβάτων ἐστιν θηλυκὰ η ἀρσενικὰ η. καλῶς διάκεινται τὰ πρόβατα. ἦλθάν μοι οἱ ἐργάται ἀπὸ κα. ἐὰν ἔχῃς χλωρὰ εἰς πρᾶσιν μὴ πώλει, τὰ γὰρ ἡμῶν [… ? lines lost …]