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A letter from a woman landowner to her steward Papnouthios and manager Hatres at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD, ordering them to send an ox-driver with calves, yoke and ropes that same day to the hamlet of Akindynos to haul stone for the brothers Nepotianus and Diogenes. She stresses urgency, since the work is set for Sunday, the next day, and warns that negligence would shame her.
The reference to 'the Lord's day' (kyriake) for Sunday reflects Christian usage. The landowner (geouchos) is a woman but is not named; the 'wheel' is probably part of a water-wheel or haulage device.
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 the Landlady to Papnuthis and Hatres). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ τῆς γεούχου Παπνουθίῳ προνοητῇ καὶ Ἁτρῇ φροντιστῇ χαίρειν. σπουδάσατε τὸν ταυρελάτην μετὰ τῶν μόσχων καὶ τοῦ ζυγοῦ καὶ σχοινίων αὐτῶν ἐξελάσαι ἐν τῇ σήμερον εἰς τὸ ἡμέτερον ἐποίκιον Ἀκινδύνου πρὸς σύρσιν λίθου τῶν κυρίων μου ἀδελφῶν Νεπωτιανοῦ καὶ Διογένους· οἴδατε καὶ ὑμεῖς…
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