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o.claud.1.129 ca. 107Mons Claudianus

Letter from Leontas to Successus via HGV-meta

Letter from Leontas to Successus requesting water-skins and equipment. A private letter on an ostracon from Leontas to Successus at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus, around AD 107. Leontas reports that his water-skins are worn out and water is scarce, and asks for new or serviceable old skins, a rope, a double cloak, a ladder and quarrying wedges. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Λεοντᾶς Σουκκέσσῳ χαίρειν. γεινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι οἱ ἀσκοί μου πάντες ἄχρηστοι γεγόνασι καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ σπανίζεται. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις ἐὰν θέλῃς πέμψαι μοι ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς καὶ γράψον μοι. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃς, διάλεξόν μοι ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν ἕως Ἐπαφρόδειτος ἀναβῇ. καὶ σχοινίον μοι πέμψον σεβένινον καὶ διπλοίδα καὶ τὴν κλείμακα […]ἐὰν θέλῃς ἢ καταβη[…] ἀπόστειλόν μοι καὶ[…] σφῆνες δ παρασφήνια… ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Leontas to Successus, greetings. I want you to know that all my water-skins have become useless and water is running short. So please be so kind as to send me new water-skins, and write to me. If you are not willing, pick out for me some of the old ones until Epaphroditos comes up. And send me a rope of palm fibre (?) and a double cloak and the ladder […] if you wish, or […] come down (?) […] send me also […] 4 wedges, [shims (?)] … Farewell.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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