p.gen.2.117
[r] Ἡρωνείνῳ πατρὶ παρὰ Νεμεσείνου. κεραμίδα καλὴν σταφυλίων καὶ σύκων μίαν καὶ δίζυφα δὸς τῷ βαδιστηλάτῃ Μέμνι, ἵνα ἀνενέγκῃ τοῖς παιδίοις αὐτῆς Πτο[…]ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] Ἡερωνείνῳ πατρί.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30630
Letter from Nemesinos to Heroninos about a jar of grapes and figs TM 30630unbekanntMitte III
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A short private letter from Nemesinos to Heroninos, whom he calls father, asking him to hand a jar of grapes and figs, plus jujubes, to the donkey-driver Memnis to carry to some children. It dates to the mid-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Heroninos, father, from Nemesinos.
Give one good jar of grapes and figs, and jujubes, to the donkey-driver Memnis, so that he may carry them up to the children of her (?), Pto[…]
I pray for your health […]
[…]
[verso]
To Heroninos, father.
Heroninos is probably the well-known estate manager of the Heroninos archive at Theadelphia; "father" is likely a respectful address rather than literal kinship. The feminine "her" refers to a woman whose name is lost at the break.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Némésinos à Héroninos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.