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o.claud.1.159 Mons Claudianus

Letter from Dionysodorus to Dius via HGV-meta

Letter from Dionysodoros to Dios requesting meat. A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Dionysodoros asks Dios to supply him with 2 minas of meat and a foot (trotter) from the first batch. He adds jokingly that he too is a cook, having been Dios' fellow apprentice. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Διονυσόδωρος Δίῳ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐκ τῆς παρουσίας τομενε ποιειν ἐν τῷ Κλαυδιανῷ ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου θερμαστίου καί μοι παρασχάμενος δίμνουν κρέως καὶ πόδα ἕνα ἐκ τῆς πρώτης λύσις. καὶ ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὸς μάγειρος, εἰ καὶ συμπαραμαθητής σοι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Dionysodoros to Dios, his lord and brother, greetings. You will do well, from what is at hand, [...] to make (?) at Claudianus from your own kitchen (?), and provide me with 2 minas of meat and one foot from the first opening (of the stock?). For I myself am a cook too, even if I was your fellow apprentice. I pray for your health.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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