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Letter from Diogenes to Dionysios about two pack animals TM 5042Arsinoite nome, Ptolemaic Egypt (?) (TC)May 20, 37 B.C. (?)

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A private business letter from Diogenes to Dionysios asking him to write to Orsenouphis about two pack animals driven by the donkey driver Pasis, a matter they had discussed in the village of Theogenis. The letter was to be carried by the donkey driver, and it apparently concerns the crown tax (stephanos). It probably dates to 20 May 37 BC in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] Diogenes to Dionysios, greetings. Please, concerning the matter about which I asked you in Theogenis, regarding the two pack animals of which Pasis is the donkey driver, write to Orsenouphis so that […] for the crown tax (?). Give the little letter to the donkey driver himself so that he may deliver it to Orsenouphis, and not as a side matter. By doing this you will have done me a full favour. Farewell. Year 15, Pachon 22. [verso] […] of Diogenes To Dionysios […]

"Stephanos" (crown) here likely refers to the crown tax, a levy originally presented to the ruler; the purpose clause before it is illegible. The writer's name is accidentally written twice and deleted once.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as private letter). 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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private letter

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 3279 · May 20, 37 B.C. (?) · Arsinoite nome, Ptolemaic Egypt (?) (TC)

The text is a business letter, in which Diogenes has written to Dionysios to urge him about a business matter involving two donkeys for which Pasis is the donkey driver - a matter which Diogenes claims he and Dionysios have already discussed in person at a previous meeting in the…

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · May 20, 37 B.C. (?) · Arsinoite nome, Ptolemaic Egypt (?) (TC)

[r] Διογένης Διονυσίῳ χαίρειν· καλῶς ποιήσεις περὶ οὗ σε ἠξίωσα ἐν τῆι Θεογένους περὶ τῶν δύο πορείων, ὧν ὀνηλάτης Πᾶσις, γράψαι Ὀρσενούφει ἵνα …η…ρης… εἰς τὸν στέφανον. δὸς δὲ τὸ ἐπιστόλιον αὐτῷ τῷ ὀνηλάτηι ἵνα ἀποδῶι τῷ Ὀρσενούφει, καὶ μὴ ἐν παρέργῳ. τοῦτο δὲ ποιήσας ἔσηι πλήρω…