Letter of Andron to Milon
Private letter of Andron to his brother Milon. From P.Eleph.10 we know that Andron and Milon also had an official connection, and the former was perhaps a trapezit�s in a temple bank.
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Letter from Andron to his brother Milon about money and wine TM 5847Apollonopolis (?)222 B.C.
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A private letter from Andron to his brother Milon, acknowledging a letter brought by Sanos and reporting on a pending payment of 20 drachmas and some wine that had not yet been obtained. It dates to 222 BC, probably from Apollonopolis.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Andron to Milon his brother, greetings. If you are well and everything else is going as it should for you, it would be as I wish; I too am in good health.
When Sanos arrived I received the letter from you, and on reading it I was glad to learn how things stand with you. So I asked Sanos whether he wanted anything in our parts, but he only expressed his thanks and gave no instructions. As for the 20 drachmas, Philon had not yet received them, for we had not found Pistokles. As for the bit of wine, Praxiades has not yet come in from the country; I do not think he has it, judging from what his mother reported.
You will oblige me, then, by taking care of yourself and not hesitating to write to us about whatever we might do to please you.
Farewell. Year 25, Mesore 18.
[verso]
To Milon.
"Brother" may be a courtesy term; Andron and Milon also had an official connection, Andron perhaps working in a temple bank. The regnal date Year 25, Mesore 18 corresponds to 222 BC.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Andron to Milon). 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.eleph.13
[r] Ἄνδρων Μίλωνι τῷ ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ τὰ λοιπά σοι κατὰ λόγον ἐστίν, εἴη ἂν ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω· ὑγίαινον δὲ καὶ αὐτός. παραγενομένου Σανῶτος ἐκομισάμην τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολήν, ἣν ἀναγνοὺς ἐχάρην ἐπὶ τῶι με αἰσθέσθαι τὰ κατὰ σέ. ἐγὼ οὖν ἐπυνθανόμην τοῦ Σανῶτος, εἴ τι βούλο…