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o.claud.4.791 Mons Claudianus

Fragment of a Letter from Amphikles to Leon Concerning Tools and ἀκισκλάριοι via HGV-meta

Letter from Amphikles to Leon asking for wedges to be sharpened. A short letter from Amphikles to Leon at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus, asking him to sharpen and send back wedges used in stone-working. Amphikles explains that many workers need to exchange their tools and that he has none to give out. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀμφίκλης Λέοντι χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, κύριέ μου, τοὺς σφῆνας στομῶσας ἐπεὶ πολλοὶ σφῆνας ἔχουσι ἀλλάξαι καὶ οὐκ ἔχω μὴ ἵνα […] μεταδῶσι οἱ ἀκισκλάριοι καὶ αὐτ[…] λάβω. καὶ τοὺς σφῆνάς μοι πέμψον. ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Amphikles to Leon, greetings. Please, my lord, sharpen the wedges, since many [have wedges] to exchange and I do not have any, so that […] the akisklarioi may hand over and […] I may receive. And send me the wedges. Farewell.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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