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Διογένης φροντιστὴς Πέρα Σαραπίωνι τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. παρέδωκα Ἀμμωνίῳ χαλκεῖ παλαιὰ κνωδάκια ε ὅλμους γ ὀβολίσκον α χαβόνιν α ἄξαντα δαπας …η…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36287
Letter of Diogenes, steward at Pera, to Sarapion about old metal items for a smith TM 36287Pera (Oxyrhynchites)III
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A business letter from Diogenes, estate manager (phrontistes) at Pera in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Sarapion, reporting that he handed over old metal items to Ammonios the smith. It dates to the 3rd century AD; the end is lost.
In English machine translation
Diogenes, steward of Pera, to his dearest Sarapion, greetings. I have handed over to Ammonios the smith old
pivots (?) 5, mortars (?) 3, small spit 1, … 1,
which weigh (?) … expense …
…[…]
Knodakia are pivots or pins, probably from machinery such as a waterwheel, and holmoi may be mortars or sockets; chabonin is an obscure term left untranslated. The reading of the last lines is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera d'affari di Diogenes a Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.