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Fragmentary letter about oil, wine and sealed petitions TM 31432unbekanntIII - IV (?)

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Fragmentary private letter mentioning shipments of oil and wine measured in kotylai, metretai and spathia, the sending of sealed petitions, and sums or goods exacted by a certain Epagathos. A place called Mente and a man named Pathotes are mentioned.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] we give nothing useless(?) [...] taking (her?) opinion [...] [...] I did at my own discretion [...] [...] placed(?) in Mente [...] [...] three kotylai and spathia of wine [...] of Pathotes, metretai of oil [...] and ten spathia of wine [...] I also sent you the petitions [...] sealed, as [...] concerning the other things, you said [...] were exacted by Epagathos [...] you to trouble yourself for a need I pray for your health.

A spathion is a jar measure for wine, common in later Roman Egypt; the beginning of each line and the opening of the letter are lost.

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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

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

[… ? lines lost …] […]ν οὐδὲν δίδομεν ἀχρηστ[…]αυτης γνώμην λαβ… […]ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ἐποίησα ει… […]θέντα ἐν Μεντη απαρω […]κοτύλας τρεῖς καὶ οἴνου σπάθια […]τοῦ Παθώτου ἐλαίου μετρητὰς[…]… καὶ οἴνου σπάθια δέκα […]ἀπέστειλα δὲ ὑμῖνκαὶ τὰ βιβλίδια […]ἐσφραγισμένα καθῶς […]περὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλ…