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o.claud.4.824 Mons Claudianus

Letter from Leontas to Epaphroditus via HGV-meta

Letter from Leontas to Epaphroditos requesting picks and tools. An ostracon letter from Leontas to Epaphroditos at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. He asks for 6 picks as replacements because he has no smith, for 2 stone-cutting iron tools, and for an old leather bag to be cut into leggings for the pick-workers. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Λεοντᾶς Ἐπαφροδείτῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψας μοι ἀκίσκλους ἕξ, ἵνα ἔχω διαδοχὴν τῶν ἀκίσκλων, ἐπεὶ χαλκέα οὐκ ἔχω, καὶ σιδήρια λαξικὰ β, καὶ ἀσκὸν παλαιὸν εἰς ὀκρεας τοῖς ἀκισκλαρίοις. ἔρρωσο

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Leontas to Epaphroditos, greetings. Please send me 6 akisklos-picks, so that I may have replacements for the picks, since I have no smith, and 2 stone-cutting iron tools, and an old leather bag for leggings (?) for the pick-workers. Farewell.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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