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o.claud.2.250 Mitte IITiberiane

Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius via HGV-meta

Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius about forwarding letters to Egypt. Ostracon letter from Petenephotes to Valerius, whom he calls brother, asking him to collect two small letters from Heraiskos and forward them to Hierax by a courier heading to Egypt. It was found at the Roman fort of Tiberiane in the Eastern Desert and dates to the mid-2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Πετενεφώτης Οὐαλερίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. κόμισαι παρὰ Ἡραΐσκου ἐπιστόλια δύο δεδεμένα ἵνα, ἐὰν εὕρῃς τινὰ ταβελλάριον εἰς Ἔγυπτον, πέμψῃς αὐτὰ Ἱέρακι[…] αυτ[…]…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Petenephotes to Valerius his brother, many greetings. Receive from Heraiskos two little letters tied together, so that, if you find [some] courier (tabellarius) to Egypt, you may send them to Hierax […] […] […] Farewell.

Connections

Found at Tiberiane

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