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Θέων ΠετΔωσιθέου […]χαίρειν. καθὼς συν[…] πρὸς ἀλλήλους[…] τῶν μισθῶν […] σου καὶ ευρ…[…] σίτου ἀρτάβας ιδ …[…] παρεδεξάμην […] Φιλίππῳ ει[…] ἕτερον λόγ π[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31499
Business letter from Theon concerning wages and wheat TM 31499unbekanntIII
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a business letter from Theon to a man whose name begins Pet-, son of Dositheos, concerning an agreement between them, wages, and 14 artabas of wheat that Theon received. It dates to the 3rd century, probably BC.
In English machine translation
Theon to Pet[…], son of Dositheos, […] greetings.
As we agreed (?) […]
with one another […]
of the wages […]
your […] and […]
14 artabas of wheat […]
I received […]
to Philippos […]
another account […]
[…]
The records give only "III" without specifying BC or AD; the name Dositheos and the style suggest the Ptolemaic period, but this is uncertain. The right side and end 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 Geschäftsbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.