Letter of Leodamas to Theodorus
Letter form Leodamas to Theodorus, another official, giving him instructions about the delivery of olyra to Lysimachus. (Grenfell & Hunt)
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Letter from Leodamas to Theodoros about delivery of olyra to Lysimachos TM 8201Hibeh, Mummy A16257 BCE
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A short letter from the official Leodamas to Theodoros, reporting that 1834 1/2 artabas of olyra had been delivered to the royal granary. He instructs Theodoros to keep this amount for himself and measure out the remainder to Lysimachos. It comes from mummy cartonnage found at Hibeh and dates to about 257 BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Leodamas to Theodoros, greeting. We have delivered to the royal granary 1834 1/2 artabas of olyra. So you, keeping back for yourself this olyra, measure out the rest to Lysimachos, so that […]
Farewell. Year 2 […]
[verso]
To Theodoros.
Olyra is a husked grain, usually identified as emmer wheat. The reason clause at the end is lost, so the purpose of the payment to Lysimachos is unknown.
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 Leodamas to Theodorus). 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.hib.1.50
[r] Λεωδάμας Θεοδώρωι χαίρειν. ἀνενηνόχαμεν εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ὀλυρῶν ἀρτάβας Αωλδ 𐅷. σὺ οὖν ὑπολιπόμενος σαυτῶι ταύτην τὴν ὄλυραν τὴν λοιπὴν ἀπομέτρησον Λυσιμάχωι ἵνα …ητα[…] ἔρρωσο. ἔτους β[…] [v] Θεοδώρωι.