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Letter from Panoup to his wife Taeiom about a quarrel and household goods TM 30484Antinoitesspätes III - IV

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A private letter from Panoup to his wife Taeiom, insisting there is no quarrel between them, listing goods and money she has (a blanket, a cushion, drachmas), mentioning a certain Menas, and asking her to write back or come to him alone since he is too busy to come. It dates to the late 3rd or 4th century AD and comes from the Antinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] Panoup to Taeiom his wife, very many greetings. […] come away from me (?); truly there is no quarrel between us. I gave you a blanket and minas of old (wool?) and a large cushion […] and there are found with you 400 drachmas […] Menas, being ill and needing yesterday to come by himself to you, and friends […] and donkeys for hire; then he went off to bring the man […] to you […] and up to five minas until summer […] you neglect it because he went away, if indeed […]. But I give and I do not care either about the four minas; for you ought not to talk about what he did to you. So if there is a quarrel between us, write back to me and he will see what has happened; but if not, come alone, since there is no quarrel; for I am not coming, as I am busy. Since he came to you he has brought up to 40 drachmas of the wage of the one coming to you. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] Deliver to Taeiom, his wife, from Panoup her husband.

Several lines are damaged and the Greek is colloquial, so the role of Menas and the money arrangements are uncertain. "Minas" here may refer to weights of wool or other material rather than money.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private 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 · spätes III - IV · Antinoites

[r] Πανουπ Ταειομ τῇ συμβίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. […]ἐλθὲ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ὄντως οὐκ ἔστιν μάχη ἀνὰ μέσον ἀλλήλων· ἔδωκά σοι λωδίκιον καὶ μνᾶς παλαιοῦ καὶ τυλάριν μέγα […] καὶ εὑρίσκονται ἔν σοι δραχμαὶ υ ε[…]ι ὁ Μηνᾶς ἀσθενοῦντος καὶ χρῄζοντος ἐχθὲς ἐλθεῖν καθʼ ἑαυτὸν παρά σε καὶ φίλους ἐπιμ…