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A private letter from Aphrodisios to Ptolemaios, who held wheat belonging to him, instructing him to sell one year's supply at 200 drachmas and keep another year's supply for the dekaprotoi (tax officials). He also asks him to take Strouthos along and to keep his share of olives, since good olives are scarce.
The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes; the wheat kept back was presumably to meet tax obligations. The reading 'good olives' depends on a supplement by the editor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Aphrodisius to Ptolemaeus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[ctr] Ἀφροδίσιος Πτολεμέῳ χαίρειν. πᾶν ποίησον πωλῆσαι ἐξ ὧν ἔχεις μου σιταρίων ἐνιαυτοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ ἀφεῖναι ἐνιαυτὸν τοῖς δεκαπρώτοις. σὺ γὰρ οὐκ ἀφῆκάς με πωλῆσαι αὐτὰ ἔκτοτε λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ αὐτὰ θέλω. καὶ ἂν νῦν οὖν πώλησον αὐτὰ πρὸς δραχμὰς σ, οἶδας γὰρ ὅτι πόσα διδῶ ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν. ἵ…
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