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o.claud.2.264 Mitte IIRaima

Letter of Maximos to Alexas about fish and prices. Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon addressed to a 'brother', probably Alexas, mentioning fish worth two or three staters, an iron object, and a request to report a price. It was written by Maximos at the Roman station of Raima in the Eastern Desert in the mid-2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]Ἀλεξᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἴδιδι κόμισαι παρὰ[…]α τοῦ φαμελιαρίου δύο[…]… […] ἐὰν πλεονάσῃ ὀψάριν ν… […]δύο ἢ τριῶν στατήρων ὀψάρια […]… μυ σιδήρις εἷς ἐξ ιρεινα […]…τον καὶ γράψον μοι πόσου ἐστίν. ἀσπάζομαί σε πολλὰ Μάξιμος ὁ γράψας […]…ικες τοὺς παρὰ σὲ […]νια παντ…καυ [… 3 lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to his brother [Alexas], very many greetings. I make your obeisance before the lady Isis. [Receive from] […] the familiaris two […] […] if there is a surplus of fish […] […] two or three staters' worth of fish […] … one iron (?) […] […] … and write to me how much it costs. I greet you warmly. Maximos, who wrote this. […] … those with you […] … [… 3 lines lost …]

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