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Trois lettres de Maximos à Alexas via HGV-meta

Letter from Maximos to his brother Alexas about news from home and cabbages. A short private letter from Maximos to Alexas, whom he calls brother, written on an ostracon from the Roman fort at Raima in the Eastern Desert. Maximos says he has no news from home yet and tells Alexas to collect a bundle of cabbages from Hierax. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Μάξιμος Ἀλεξᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. γράφεις μοι ὅτι πέμψον μοι φάσιν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς οἶκον. οὔπω φάσις γέγονε. κόμισαι παρὰ Ἱέρακος δέσμην καυλίων. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Maximos to Alexas his brother, greetings. You write to me, "Send me news from those at home." There has been no news yet. Receive from Hierax a bundle of cabbages. I pray for your health.

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