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Letter from Dios to his father Pasion about his post at a storehouse TM 31239ArsinoitesIII

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A private letter from Dios to his father Pasion, thanking the steward Isidoros for placing him at a storehouse and asking his father to reward him and to send a slave and various garments and a jar of pickled fish. The other side carries fragments of an account in artabas. It dates to the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] 1 artaba and fractions […] […] having been changed […] […] will come out […] […] and the 25 fractions […] […] collected (?) 8 […] […] to Pasion, father [verso] Dios to Pasion, his father and lord, very many greetings. I want you to know, father, that I am very grateful to Isidoros the steward, since he introduced me to the storehouse on the instructions of Euangelos; so you too thank Isidoros and, if you can, give him a gift. He deserves much, and if the matters there go through, he gives many instructions to my supervisor. I am very grateful to Apas son of Euangelos, because every few days he comes down to me. Send the Syrian quickly, since Apas son of Euangelos is crying out about the money, because he needs it; and come down, giving him the double-woven garment and a woollen tunic and a linen one and a shawl (?) and a jar of pickled fish. So do not neglect this, father. And Euangelos did not give me the double-woven garment, and he did not give the price of the cloaks. I greet all those in the house. Year 5, Tybi 28. I pray for your health, lord.

The letter is essentially complete; the recto with grain figures is fragmentary. The word translated 'give him a gift' (exallaxai) is uncertain in meaning, and 'the Syrian' may be a personal name or a slave's ethnic designation.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · III · Arsinoites

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