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Letter from Troilos to his sister about a vintage and a tunic TM 31431OxyrhynchosIII (?)

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A private letter from Troilos to his sister Mazas (?), sending greetings to her and her child and explaining that a sudden requisition of camels prevented him from sending gifts. He reports that her grape harvest was handled properly and asks her to have a tunic made quickly before he visits after a festival; probably from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Troilos to Mazas (?), his sister, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health together with the child, may the evil eye spare him. I wanted to send the child a few small gifts, but a requisition of transport (angareia) happened suddenly and the camels went away. As for the vintage of your estates, the Sarmatian took it over properly through the care of myself and Aion, but mostly through Aion. So please, sister, hurry and get the tunic done for me quickly, so that if I come to you after the festival I may find it made, Herakleides paying the wages. And receive from Tamoun the 8 pounds […] [recto, margin] So look, I have written to Tamoun so that the […] [verso] To Mazas (?), his sister, from Troilos.

Angareia was compulsory requisition of animals or transport for state service. The addressee's name is partly restored and its exact form is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private letters). 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 (?) · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Τρωΐλος Μαζατι ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν. πρό γε πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν ἅμα τοῦ ἀβασκάντου παιδίου. ἠθέλησα πέμψαι τῷ παιδίῳ ὄλιγα ξένια καὶ ἀγγαρείας γεναμένης ἐξαπίνης ἀπεδήμησαν οἱ κάμηλοι. περὶ γὰρ τῆς τρύγης τῶν χωρίων σου γνησίως παρέλαβε αὐτὴν ὁ Σαρμάτης ἐκ προνοίας ἐμοῦ κα…