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A private letter from Aurelius Serenos to his lessee Aurelius Horion, instructing him to collect jars of old and new wine with Alexander and distribute some to Theon, Leonides and himself while storing the rest. Serenos explains that he and the camel-driver were prevented from leaving. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, late 3rd to early 4th century AD.
A spathion was a small wine jar used as a measure in late Roman Egypt. 'Tapero and Eresis' are probably the names of estates or vineyards marked on the jars.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Serenus to a Tenant). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Αὐρήλιος Σερῆνος ΑὐρηλίῳὩρίωνι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. γενοῦ σὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ παράλαβε οἴνου παλαιὰ σπαθία ιη καὶ νέα ιβ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα Ταπέρω καὶ Ἐρήσεως ἔξοχα η παράστησον τῷ κυρίῳ μου Θέωνι, καὶ Λεωνίδῃ δ καὶ σαυτῷ β, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἀσφάλισαι μετὰ καὶ …
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