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A private letter from Eutolmios to Philantinoos, whom he calls brother, giving farm instructions: to have barley brought up, to finish planting young plants and come to report on the animals, and to bring certain foods for a family celebration of his sister. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
The word elatai probably refers to a kind of cake or pastry (or possibly palm-shoots); 'my sister's day' may be a birthday or festival. One record gives the sender's name as Eutolarus, but the text reads Eutolmios.
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 Eutolarus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Εὐτόλμιος Φιλαντινόῳ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. τὴν κριθὴν τὴν ἐν τῷ Ἀμύντου πᾶσαν ποίησον ἀνενεχθῆναι ἐν τῇ αὔριον. καὶ σὺ δέ, τῆς καταθέσεως τοῦ νεοφύτου προνοησάμενος, ἄνελθε ἵνα γνῶμεν ὅπως διάκειται τὰ κατὰ τὰ κτήνη, Πλώτινος γὰρ ἔνεστι τούτου χάριν, καὶ δύνῃ πάλιν ἐξελθεῖν. ἐὰν εὕρῃς …
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