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Letter from Heraklous to Satreion about a necklace made by Heras TM 31288unbekanntIII - IV

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A private letter from Heraklous to Satreion asking him to pay 145 drachmas to Heras, a mender, to make a chain or necklace for a woman, to send it on, and to confirm receipt of a garment from Heraklous' sister.

In English machine translation

Heraklous to Satreion, many greetings. If you can, give Heras the mender 145 drachmas, so that he may make a chain (necklace) for a woman. And let him make the chain through you, and I will receive the money here. And send the chain of Heras, and I will receive the money here. And write to me that you received the cloak (?) from my sister. [verso] Deliver to Satreion at […]

Heras is called a hepetes, a mender or patcher of clothes and similar goods. The word amiktori is probably a garment (Latin amictorium, a wrap or cloak).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). 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 - IV

[r] Ἡρακλοῦς Σατρείων πολλὰ χαίρειν. καὶ ἐὰν δυνασθῇς, δὸς Ἡρᾶτι τῷ ἠπητῇ δραχμὰς ρμε, ἵνα ποιήσῃ ἁλύσιον γυναικί. καὶ διʼ ἐσοῦ ποιησάτω τὸ ἁλύσιον καὶ λήμψομαι ὧδε χαλκόν. καὶ πέμψον τὸ ἁλύσιον Ἡρᾶτος καὶ λήμψομαι ὧδε τὸν χαλκόν. καὶ γράψαι μοι ὅτι ἔλαβας τὸ ἀμικτώρι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδε…