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A private business letter from Ptollarion to Kronion, his estate manager, instructing him to measure out 6 artabas of wheat to the bearer of the letter, with Nemesion present to seal the sacks, and to have the grain forwarded by villagers. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome.
The "dromos measure" (metron dromou) was a standard grain measure, probably named after a temple precinct. Kronion is addressed as phrontistes, an estate manager or agent; he is well known from the Tebtynis archive of Kronion.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Ptollarion a Kronion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Πτολλαρίων Κρονίωνι χαίρειν. τῶι ἀποδιδόντιι σοι τὸ ἐπιστολίδιόν μου μέτρησον, ἐξ ὧν ἐγὼ χρῶμαι σιτικῶν ἀρταβῶν, μέτρωι δρόμωι πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ἕξ · ἀλλὰ Νεμεσίωνα τὸν ἀδελφὸν παραλαβὼν καὶ αὐτὸς πᾶσιν σφραγισάτω· ἀλλὰ ποίησον αὐτὰ προπεμφθῆναι διὰ τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης· ἐπεὶ ἀναγκ…
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