p.laur.3.104
[r] [… 18 lines lost …] [v] […]Ἡρωνίνῳ […]χαίρειν. […] ἀπὸ Δημέα[…]ἀποστεῖλαι σοι […]οντα τε[…] ποιήσῃς […]εἰς τὴν Διονυσιάδα[…]ἀπάρτισον κευτ[…]… ἐπισκευαζο[…] ὀμφάκινον οἶνον[…] ἐξαυτῆς […] εν […]ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι φίλτατε
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31523
Fragment of a letter to Heroninos TM 31523Theadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III
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Fragment of a letter to Heroninos, mentioning Demeas, sending something, the village of Dionysias, repairs and wine made from unripe grapes, with instructions to act at once. It belongs to the mid-3rd century AD and comes from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… 18 lines lost …]
[verso]
[…] to Heroninos, greetings.
[…] from Demeas […] to send to you
[…] and […] you are to do
[…] to Dionysias […] complete […] being repaired (?) […] unripe-grape
[wine] […] at once
[…]
[…] I pray for your health, dearest.
Heroninos was the estate manager at Theadelphia whose archive is one of the largest from Roman Egypt. 'Omphakinon' wine was made from unripe grapes.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera ad Heroninos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.