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Letter from Liberalis to Kronion with farm and payment instructions TM 28857Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

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A private letter from Liberalis to Kronion at Tebtynis, giving farm instructions: care of a donkey sent with the oxen, transport of vine-wood and 20 loads of reed to Tebtynis, and passing on sums of money. He also leaves a message for Protis about obtaining 40 drachmas from his stewardess to buy ropes if he has not arrived by the 4th.

In English machine translation

Liberalis to Kronion, greetings. I have sent the donkey over to you with the oxen. Let it eat (?) until I arrive, and let the vine-wood be carried over to Tebtynis. Receive 8 drachmas from Bellas and give them to Isidoros; he also has another 8 drachmas of mine. And let 20 loads of reed also be carried over for the half-quarter (?). You will tell Protis: if I do not arrive with you by the 4th of the Egyptian month, borrow (?) the 40 drachmas from my stewardess and send them for ropes. Say nothing to her except on the fourth.

The unaccented word εσθετω is unclear; it is taken here as a form of 'eat' (for ἐσθιέτω), referring to the donkey. The phrase 'for the half-quarter' and the reference to 'the 4th of the Egyptians' (a date by the Egyptian calendar) are obscure.

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 Liberalio). 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.mil.vogl.3.202

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

Λιβεράλιος Κρονίωνι χαίρειν. διεπεμψάμην ὑμῖν τὸν ὄνον μετὰ τῶν βοῶν. εσθετω ἄχρι οὗ παραγένωμαι, καὶ τὰ ἀμπέλινα μετενεχθήτω εἰς Τεπτῦνιν. δέξαι δὲ παρὰ τῆς Βελλᾶτος δραχμὰς η καὶ δὸς Ἰσιδώρῳ· ἔχει δέ μου καὶ ἄλλας δραχμὰς η καὶ μετενεχθήτω καὶ κ φορτία καλάμου εἰς τὸ ἥμισυ τέτα…