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Letter of Theon about cloaks, clothing and provisions TM 29009Senao (Oxyrhynchites)II

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A private letter written by Theon from the village of Senao in the Oxyrhynchite nome to Diogenis and other women he calls sisters, dealing with cloaks, clothing, baskets, onions, oil and small sums of money sent back and forth through various carriers. The address on the back names Pannos as sender and Eteokleia as recipient.

In English machine translation

[recto] Theon to Diogenis, his own sisters (?), greetings. Being in Senao, before all else I write greeting your children. I gave instructions to Eteokleia about the cloaks, and by letter I instruct [...] either to me or to Pannos. Know (?) that I did not write to you, for [...] you are ignorant. He says to send you a box in which there is a tunic, through Pisas brother of Ga[...], and through Petechon a basket containing [...] a small [...], and through Petechon a myrrh-coloured mantle, 2 pairs of cloaks. To the woman I gave 5 drachmas. I received through the same man a basket, in a pot a measure, and [...] choinikes of onions, [through] Xenos 8 drachmas. Greet Diogenis and all your people by name. You did not tell me about the [...] oil, whether you received it through Mystharas, since you have paid in (?) a stater, so that you should also inform me. The daughter Ak..., your daughter, greets you. Farewell. Thoth 14. Greet Kephalion. [verso] From Pannos to Eteokleia his sister.

The opening addresses Diogenis but the verso address reads 'from Pannos to Eteokleia', so the letter may have been written for or forwarded by Pannos. 'Sisters' may be a term of affection rather than literal kinship.

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 Theon). 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.oxy.12.1584

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Senao (Oxyrhynchites)

[r] Θέων Διογενίδι ἰδίαις ἀδελφαῖς χαίρειν. ὢν ἐν τῇ Σεναὼ πρὸ πάντων γράφω ἀσπαζόμενος τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν. τῇ Ἐτεοκλείᾳ ἐνετειλάμην περὶ τῶν φαινολίων καὶ διὰ ἐπιστολῆς ἐντέλλομαι ἢ ἐμοὶ ἢ Πάννῳ. περίγνωτε δέ μοι μῆ γράψαντι ὑμῖν, τὰ γὰρ […]ἀγνοεῖτε. λέγει πέμψαι σοι κίστην ἐν ᾗ κιθὼ…