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Letter about a property registration and a shipment of wine TM 33659Alexandria (?)frühes IV

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Fragmentary private letter, probably written in Alexandria in the early 4th century AD, in which the writer explains that he arranged the recipient's registration (apographe) of property and asks him to send some wine, stating the cost of carriage, as he is coming to Egypt.

In English machine translation

[…] greeting. [… 8 lines lost …] […] I wrote (?) to you as [column 2] you wrote to me. Know that your registration came about through me, since I urged him to register in this way so that I too might be able to register the same, and also your share of the estate (?) in Egypt itself. Do everything, since I am coming to Egypt, and if (you can), send me a small measure (?) of wine by carrier, and write to me what I should pay him as carriage. But do not neglect this. Farewell, my lord.

"Egypt" here refers to the countryside as distinct from Alexandria, a common usage. The word μοσθίον is obscure and the rendering "small measure" is a guess.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Alexandria (?)). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · frühes IV · Alexandria (?)

[1] […]χαίρειν. [… 8 lines lost …] […]ἔγραψά σοι ὡς [2] ἔγραψας μοι. γίνωσκε δὲ ὅτι ἐξ ἐμοῦ ἡ ἀπογραφή σου ἐγένετο, προτρέψας αὐτὸν οὕτως ἀπογράψασθαι ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ δυνηθῶ τὰ ἴσα ἀπογράψασθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ πρὸς μέρος χωρίον σου ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ Αἰγύπτῳ. πᾶν ποίησον ἐπεὶ ἔρχομαι εἰς Αἴγυπτ…