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Business letter from Philippos to Apollonios about wine-pressing TM 30813unbekanntIII - IV

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Fragment of a business letter from Philippos to his 'brother' Apollonios about wine, mentioning successive wine-presses, a jar of wine, a man named Ammonas and wine being sold. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

To my lord brother Apollonios, Philippos, greetings. […] to Teeis (?) […] of the wine […] … season […] for already […] the 2nd wine-press […] the first […] and it too […] of the 3rd wine-press […] […] … but the jar […] … here […] So if it seems good to you […] to Ammonas […] and it is being sold […] … that you are well […] … in good health …

'Brother' and 'lord' are polite forms of address and need not imply kinship. 'Teeis' renders the accusative Tēein, a place or person name of uncertain form.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Geschäftsbriefes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.mil.congr.xiv.pg107

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III - IV

τῷ κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Φίλιππος χαίρειν […]ν εἰς Τῆειν […]ν τοῦ οἴνου […]…υον καιρὸν […]ν αι ἤδη γὰρ […]αι η β ληνὸς[…]τεν ἡ πρώτη […] καὶ αὐτὴ πρα[…]τῆς γ ληνοῦ παρα […]…ν τὸ δὲ κεράμιον[…]… ἐνταῦθα […] εἰ οὖν σοι δοκεῖ[…]ν τῷ Ἀμμωνᾷ […]ησο καὶ πωλεῖται […]νου ἐρρῶσθαι […]…ου…