Letter from Demophon to Ptolemaeus
Beginning of a letter from Demophon to Ptolemaeus.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 8280
Letter from Demophon to Ptolemaios about bringing up sheep TM 8280Hibeh, Mummy A9245 BCE
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The beginning of a letter from Demophon to Ptolemaios ordering him to bring up all the sheep belonging to Protogenes and Gastron, with the help of a guard named Harmiysis and a man named Alexandros. It dates to about 245 BC and comes from mummy cartonnage found at Hibeh.
In English machine translation
Demophon to Ptolemaios, greetings. Bring up, together with Harmiysis, the guard (phylakites) from the Isieion, and with Alexandros from Talao, all the sheep of Protogenes and Gastron to […]
A phylakites was a local police guard in Ptolemaic Egypt. The text breaks off before the destination of the sheep is given.
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 Demophon to Ptolemaeus). 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.1.167
Δημοφῶν Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν. ἀνάγαγε μετὰ Ἁρμιύσιος τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰσιείου φυλακίτου καὶ μετὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐκ Ταλαὼ τὰ Πρωτογένους καὶ Γάστρωνος πρόβατα πάντα εἰς …