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o.claud.1.154 Mons Claudianus

Fragment of a Letter from Castor to Samamois via HGV-meta

Letter from Kastor to Samamois asking for twelve drachmas. A short private letter from Kastor to Samamois, found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. Kastor complains that he has sent word five times without reply and asks Samamois to give him twelve drachmas, apparently because a certain Kasis does not have them. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Κάστωρ Σαμαμόιτι […]χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. ἤδη πεντάκις σοι φάσιν ἔπεμψα καὶ οὐκ ἀντέγραψας. λοιπὸν …[…] δὲ γενόμενον λει…[…] Κάσις Σκλυληνας ἀλλὰ δίδου μοι τὰς δώδεκα δραχμὰς ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔχει. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἔρρωσο. Παχὼν ιε.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Kastor to Samamois […], greetings. Before all I pray that you are well. Already five times I have sent you word, and you have not written back. For the rest, […] having become […] Kasis Sklylenas; but give me the twelve drachmas, since he does not have them. So do not do otherwise. Farewell. Pachon 15.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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