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o.claud.4.864 Mons Claudianus

Letter from Demetras via HGV-meta

Letter from Demetras reporting a disobedient worker. A short letter from Demetras on an ostracon from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus, reporting that a worker named Nemonas failed to obey and come to the watering station. A mention of small baskets follows before the text breaks off. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 118516. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Δημητρᾶς Φ…[…] Νεμωνᾶς παῖς σκληρουργὸς οὐκ ἐπήκουσε εἰς τὸ ὕδρευμα. διὸ ἔγραψά σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς ἔρρωσο σφυρίδια […] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Demetras to Ph[…] Nemonas, a slave (?) [and quarry-]worker, did not comply [and come to the] watering station. Therefore [I have written to you so that] you may know. [Farewell.] Baskets […] […]

Connections

Found at Mons Claudianus

Cross-references (3)

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