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Letter of Theodoros son of Horion about supplies for an officialis TM 32550Kynon Polis (Kynopolites)ca. 369 (?)

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A private business letter from Theodoros son of Horion, an epimeletes at Kynon Polis, instructing a colleague to supply wine and money to the officialis Herakleides and to accompany him to the officials Dionyttas, the stationarii and Sebastianus. He also urges care over a receipt concerning last year's irrigation, around AD 369.

In English machine translation

[r] […] […] Horion […] to provide on the first day, for the time being, to Herakleides the officialis 2 double jars of wine and 60 myriads (of denarii). And again, if you are there, attend to him. For I hope that he is doing our business. And go up with him to my master Dionyttas, until he sends a letter, and likewise to my lords the stationarii, so that they send letters. And as a sensible man, take care of yourself concerning your receipt concerning last year's irrigation (?). And do not neglect it. If there is need, go up with him to Sebastianus. And take care of everything. I pray for your health for many years, lord brother. [v] From Theodoros son of Horion, epimeletes, at Kynon (Polis), to the epimeletes […]

The beginning is lost. The word read as ombrysis (apparently 'irrigation' or 'watering') is rare and its exact sense uncertain; the 60 myriads are presumably of denarii in 4th-century inflated currency.

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 Theodorus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.43.3147

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 369 (?) · Kynon Polis (Kynopolites)

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]ου Ὡρίων θ…[…]… παρασχεῖν τῇ πρώτῃ τέως ἡμέρᾳ Ἡρακλείδῃ τῷ ὀφικιαλίῳ οἴνου διπλᾶ δύο καὶ μυριάδας ξ . καὶ πάλιν ἐὰν ᾗς ἐκεῖ πρόσσχες αὐτῷ. ἐλπίζω γὰρ ὅτι ποιεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἡμῶν. καὶ ἄνελθε μετʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην μου Διονυττᾶν, ἕως ἐπιστείλῃ, καὶ τοὺς…