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o.claud.2.291 Mitte IIMons Claudianus

Lettre d’Alexandros à Sansnôs via HGV-meta

Letter from Alexandros to Sansnos asking for a kotyle of oil. A short letter on an ostracon from Alexandros to Sansnos, asking him to send a kotyle of oil in the container he has sent, to tide him over until their wages arrive. It comes from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀλέξανδρος Σανσνῶτι χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσις, ἄδελφε, πέμψας μοι κοτύλην ἐλαίου, ἔπεμψά σοι τὸ ἀγγεῖον, ἕως ἀναβῇ τὸ ὀψώνιον ἡμῶν. εἰ μή, φάσιν μοι πέμψον. ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Alexandros to Sansnos, greeting. Please, brother, send me a kotyle of oil; I have sent you the container, until our wages come up. If not, send me word. Farewell.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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