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o.claud.2.365 IIMons Claudianus
Lettre de Palas au décurion Marcus Caninius via HGV-meta
Letter from Palas to the decurion Marcus Caninius about a shortage of pack animals. A letter from Palas, curator of a military post, to the decurion Marcus Caninius, explaining that he could not send on goods belonging to the ration-carrier Demetris because there were no pack animals to carry them. The goods are being kept until camels and horses can be found. It was found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert and dates to the 2nd century AD. machine translation
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- Lettre de Palas au décurion Marcus Caninius HGV-meta Mons ClaudianusII
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Transcription
Μάρκῳ Κανινίῳ δεκουρίωνι Παλᾶς κουράτωρ πραισιδίου
Ῥαημαι χαίρειν.
οὐκ εὐτόνησα τοῦ επεντεσιτηανου[…]
κιβαριάτην Δημήτριν. οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω
τίνι αὐτὰ ἐπιθεῖναι διὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν
τῶν κτηνῶν. λοιπὸν τήρι αὐτὰ ὡς εὑροῦμέν σοι καὶ ἄλλους καμήλους
καὶ ἵππους. μὴ αὐτά.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
To Marcus Caninius, decurion, Palas, curator of the fort of Raimai(?), greetings.
I was not able to […] the […] (?) of the ration-carrier (cibariator) Demetris. For I do not find anything on which to load them, because of the shortage of pack animals. For the rest, he is keeping them (?) until we find for you other camels and horses too. Not them (?).
Farewell.
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Mons Claudianus
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- TM-Text 29769 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;365 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29769 tier-1
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