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Letter from Ptollarion to Ankolis about bread TM 28875Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

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A private letter from Ptollarion to Ankolis, reminding him of an earlier request to bake 4 artabas' worth of bread and send it up. Most of the rest is lost. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto, fragment A] Ptollarion to Ankolis, greetings. I wrote to you before too, to make 4 artabas of bread for us and send them up; and now therefore […] care […] that this be done […] of the measure (?) […] and if […] as I know […] […] not […] […] [… lines lost …] [recto, fragment B] [… lines lost …] […] […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] To Ankolis

The phrase "4 artabas of bread" probably means bread made from 4 artabas of grain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Ptollarion an Ankolis). 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.mil.vogl.6.282

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

[r,FrA] Πτολλαρίων Ἀγκώλει χαίρειν. καὶ πρότερόν σοι ἔγραψα τέσσαρας ἀρτάβας ἄρτων ἡμῖν ποιῆσαι καὶ ἀναπέμψαι· καὶ νῦν οὖν […] ἐπιμέλεια …ο…ε…[…]… τοῦτο γενέσθαι ε[…]… του μετρ[…]…ρο[…]…μ…[…]… καὶ ἐὰν α[…] ως οἶδα …[…] σαι οὐδε…[…] τω[…]…υ…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [r,FrB] [… ? line…