Letter from Victor to Theodore
Cf. P.Oxy. XVI 1844 and 1849. A brief announcement of the dispatch of something for a vine or vineyard. The exact meaning is not clear.
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Letter from Victor to Theodoros about items sent for the vineyard TM 37856Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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A brief business letter from Victor, a deputy landowner, to Theodoros, a majordomo of an estate, announcing that he has sent two items each from places or vineyards called Mora and Opora for the vineyard. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† I have sent two stakes (?) of Mora and two of Opora on account of the vineyard, and may your genuine brotherliness be pleased to [...] deliver (?) them. †
[verso]
[† To my master] in all things most illustrious, worthy of honour, brother Theodoros, the majordomo, † Victor, with God's help, deputy landowner.
The word rendered 'stakes' (pedalias) is obscure, and Mora and Opora may be place names or kinds of vine; the exact sense is unclear. Antigeouchos (deputy landowner) and meizoteros (majordomo) are estate administration titles.
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 Victor to Theodore). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.16.1850
[r] † δύο πεδαλιας Μώρας καὶ δύο Ὀπώρας ἔπεμψα λόγῳ τῆς ἀμπέλου, καὶ θελήσῃ και[…] ἡ σὴ γνησία ἀδελφότης ταῦτα ἀποδοῦναι. † [v] † δεσπότῃ τὰ πάντα λαμπροτάτῳ τιμῆς ἀξίῳ ἀδελφῷ Θεοδώρῳ μειζοτέρῳ † Βίκτωρ σὺν θεῷ ἀντιγεοῦχος.