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o.claud.4.857 Mons Claudianus
Letter to Probus from the Workers (Draft) via HGV-meta
Letter of good news from the quarry workers to Probus. Draft of a letter from the work-overseers and quarrymen at the imperial quarry of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert to their superior Probus. Crediting the god Sarapis and the good fortune of the quarry and of Probus, they announce good news concerning something on the 26th; the rest is lost. machine translation
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TM 118509.
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- Letter to Probus from the Workers (Draft) HGV-meta Mons Claudianus186
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πρόβῳ
παρὰ ἐργοδοτῶν καὶ σκληρουργῶν ἐργαζομένων ἐν μετάλλῳ Κλαυδιανῷ τῷ κυρίῳ
χαίρειν. τοῦ κυρίου Σεράπιδος
θελήσαντος καὶ τῆς τύχης
τοῦ Κλαυδιανοῦ καὶ τῆς
σῆς τύχης συνεπισχυσάσης εὐανγελιζόμεθά σοι, κύριε, ἐπὶ τῆς κϛ
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
To Probus,
from the work-overseers and quarrymen working in the Claudianus quarry, to their lord, greetings. Since the lord Sarapis willed it, and the fortune of Claudianus and your fortune lent their strength, we bring you good news, lord, on the 26th […]
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Mons Claudianus
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- TM-Text 118509 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;4;857 tier-1
- HGV-Text 118509 tier-1
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