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o.claud.2.227 Mitte IIMons Claudianus
Letter from Dioscorus via HGV-meta
Letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and Ammonianos. A private letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and Ammonianos, sending greetings, a bag of mustard and a jar, and telling them not to send salt; he mentions finding the denarius sent for small fish. Written on an ostracon at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the mid-2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 29650.
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- Letter from Dioscorus HGV-meta Mons ClaudianusMitte II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Διόσκορος Δράκονι καὶ Ερεμησις
καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις
φιλτάτοις πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε
θεοῖς. ἐὰν γένηται λάχανα πέμπω ὑμῖν. κομίσατε μαρσίππιον σινάπεως εἰς
τοὺς τρεῖς. πέμπω σοι
τὸ κεράμιον μετὰ τῆς
προβολῆς.
[v]
οὐκ ἔστι χρεία, λοιπόν, πέμψαι τὸ μάτιον
τοῦ ἁλός. εὕρηκα ἐνθάδε
τὸ δηνάριον τοῦ ὀψαριδίου ὃ ἔπεμψάς μοι. ἐπιστολὴν οὐκ ἔλαβον
μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
[r]
[v]
αικονκει
ειδοννατιβον
καὶ πέμψον ἡμῖν ἄνωTranslations (1)
[recto]
Dioskoros to Drakon and Eremesis and Ammonianos, both (?) dearest, many greetings. I make your obeisance before the gods here. If there are vegetables, I will send them to you. Receive a bag of mustard for the three of you. I am sending you the jar with the lid (?).
[verso]
There is no need, then, to send the mation of salt. I have found here the denarius for the small fish which you sent me. I did not receive a letter with it.
I pray for your health.
[recto]
⟦kibion⟧
[verso]
aikonkei
eidonnatibon
and send (it) to us up here.
Connections
Found at
Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29650 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;227 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29650 tier-1
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