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Letter from Pebos to Lelous about wheat measures TM 30024unbekanntII - III

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A short business letter on an ostracon from Pebos to Lelous about grain measurements. Pebos reports receiving a measure of wheat credited to Demetrios son of Imouthes on Epeiph 22 and asks Lelous to write to Psenminis son of Onnophris for the same amount again, without delay.

In English machine translation

Pebos to his own Lelous, greetings. A measure was sent to me on Epeiph 22: 1 1/2 1/12 artabas of wheat in the name of Demetrios son of Imouthes. I urge you, write next to Psenminis son of Onnophris for another 1 1/2 1/12 artabas of wheat. Settle it at once, so that no delay occurs.

The sender's name appears in the genitive (Pebotios); the nominative may be Pebos or Pebotis. The fractions 1/2 1/12 follow the usual artaba notation for wheat.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

Πεβώτιος Λελοῦτι τῶι ἰδίωι χαίρειν· πεπέμπται ἐμοὶ μέτρημα Ἐπεὶφ κβ πυροῦ α 𐅵 ιβ ὀνόματος Δημιτρίου Ἰμούθου. παρακαλῶ σε, γράφε λοιπὸν Ψενμίνι Ὀννώφριος ὑπὲρ ἄλλης πυροῦ α 𐅵 ιβ. εὐθέως ἀπάρτισον αὐτὸν ἵνα μηδεμίαν ἐποχὴν γενέσθαι.