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o.claud.2.284 Mitte IIMons Claudianus

Lettre de Zôsimos via HGV-meta

Letter from Zosimos to Kastor asking for two loaves of bread. A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Zosimos asks his 'brother' Kastor to send him two loaves of bread, because no grain has reached him there. It dates to the middle of the 2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ζώσιμος Κάστορι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσις, ἄδελφε, πέμψαι μοι ἄρτους δύο. ὧδε γάρ μου σῖτος οὐκ ἀνέβη οὐδέτι. ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Zosimos to Kastor his brother, greetings. Please, brother, send me two loaves of bread. For here no grain has come up for me any more. Farewell.

Connections

Found at Mons Claudianus

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