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o.claud.2.269 ca. 140Raima
Letter from Norbanus to Taurinus about lentils from a camel-driver. Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon from Norbanus to his 'brother' Taurinus, asking him to collect 2 matia of lentils from a camel-driver and send something on. It was found at Raima, near Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, and dates to about AD 140. machine translation
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TM 23997.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Raimaca. 140
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
ΝωρβανὸςΤαυρίνῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις κόμισας παρὰ
[…]καμηλίτου δύο μάτια φάκου
[…]αυτα καὶ πέμψις μοι
[…] γράψαι καὶ ἐκ
[…]…
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Norbanus to Taurinus his brother, greetings. Please be so good as to collect from […] the camel-driver 2 matia of lentils […] and send me […] to write and from […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23997 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;269 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23997 tier-1
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