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o.claud.1.134 ca. 107Mons Claudianus
Letter from Domitius curator to Successus via HGV-meta
Letter from the curator Domitius to Successus about oil consumption. A letter on an ostracon from Domitius, a curator at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus, to Successus about oil consumption. He explains how much oil he used on a day's work with the working squad, complains that another man used twice as much on one water-carrying trip, and invites Successus to send someone to check. machine translation
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- Letter from Domitius curator to Successus HGV-meta Mons Claudianusca. 107
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· Greek
Transcription
Δομίτις κουράτωρ Σουκκέσσωι χαίρειν.
ἔδωκές μοι ἔλαιν ἐξ οὗ ἐχθές μετὰ τῆς
ἐργαζομένης δεκανίας κατέβην καὶ
ὃ ἔπεμψά σοι ἀνγῖον, ἵνα καταμάθῃς
ὃ ἐδαπάνησα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν. αὐτὸς δὲ
καταβὰς σήμερον ἵνα μίαν ὑδροφορίαν
ἀπολύσῃ, δὶς ἤδη τοιαῦτα ἐδαπάνησεν.
εἰ δὲ ἐμοὶ οὐ πιστεύεις, ὅτι τοῦτο μόνον
δαπανᾷ, πέμψον τινὰ τῶν σῶν καθίσαι μίαν ἡμέραν ἵνα πειράσῃς.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Domitius, curator, to Successus, greetings.
You gave me oil, from which I went down yesterday with the working squad, and I sent you the jar so that you may learn what I used up the whole day. But he himself, having gone down today in order to release one water-carrying, has already used up twice as much. If you do not believe me that it uses only this much, send one of your men to sit there for one day so that you may test it.
Farewell.
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Mons Claudianus
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- TM-Text 24146 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;1;134 tier-1
- HGV-Text 24146 tier-1
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