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Letter from Dioskoros to Aurelius Theon about wine-presses and a vintage TM 31497unbekanntIII

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A private business letter from Dioskoros, probably an estate manager, to his master Aurelius Theon, reporting on inspecting the wine-presses during Epeiph, plans for harvesting and transporting grapes from the vineyard of Herodes, and an agreement to clear a willow-grove for 16 drachmas. It dates to the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Greetings, my lord Aurelius Theon, from Dioskoros. Before you wrote to me about the […] and the wine-presses, I began from Epeiph 1 to […] the wine-presses up to the 12th, and none of them needs repair. I considered harvesting the (vineyard) of Herodes and carrying (the grapes) over to Nek…is (?) using the wooden baskets of Petobastis, since he has none (?). If you wish, let me know; and likewise also about the willow-grove of the tabularius. Compared with last year, I agreed to clear it for 16 drachmas. Sarapion is the cultivator of the tabularius, so that when you go out you may have (dealings?) with him […] and the (plot?) opposite will also be […] […] this […] […] […] [verso] From Dioskoros […]

A tabularius was a record-keeping official; the place name Nek…is is only partly legible. The end of the letter is lost.

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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.koeln.3.163

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

[r] χαίροις, κύριέ μου Αὐρήλιε Θέων, παρὰ Διοσκόρου. πρίν μοι γράψῃς περὶ τῶν …ε…ων καὶ τῶν ληνῶν, ἠρξάμην ἀπὸ α Ἐπεὶφ π…[…]αι τὰς ληνοὺς μέχρι ιβ καὶ οὐδεμία αὐτῶν χρῄζει ἐπισκευῆς. ἐσκεψάμην δὲ τὸ τοῦ Ἡρώδου τρυγῆσαι καὶ μετενέγκαι εἰς Νεκ…ιν διὰ τῶν ξυλίνων κοφίνων τοῦ Πετοβασ…