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Letter from Sarapammon to his father Nepotianus recommending two leatherworkers TM 32145unbekanntIII
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A private letter from Sarapammon to his father Aurelius Nepotianus, introducing two hired leatherworkers of his lord Ambrosios and asking his father to work with them, protect them from harassment and give them lodging. It dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Sarapammon to Nepotianus his father, very many greetings.
I have sent to you Drakon and Melanos, hired men of my lord Ambrosios, for they are leatherworkers, so that you may work leather with them until they have bought carob pods (?) of the acacias (?). Please, then, look after them, so that no one does them any harm, and provide them with a place where they may stay.
I pray for your health, father, for many years.
[verso]
To Aurelius Nepotianus from Sarapammon
The phrase about buying keratea (pods) from the akanthai, i.e. acacia trees, is obscure; acacia pods were used in tanning leather. The father's name is spelled Nephotianos in the address line inside and Nepotianos on the back.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée de Sarapammon à Nepotianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.gen.1.2ed.75
[r] Σαραπάμμων Νεφωτιανῷ τῷ πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἔπεμψα πρός σε Δράκωντα καὶ Μέλανον μισθωτὰς τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἀμβροσίου, εἰσὶν γὰρ σκυτεῖς, ἵνα σκυτῇς μετʼ αὐτῶν ἕως ἐωνήσαντο κερατέας τῶν ἀκανθέων. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις παραπροσσχεῖν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μήτις αὐτοῖς ἐπήρειαν ποιήσῃ, τόπον…