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o.claud.4.875 Mons Claudianus

Letter from Sokrates (?) to Athenodoros and Ammonios via HGV-meta

Letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros and Ammonios about iron tools. Fragmentary ostracon letter from Sokrates (name partly restored) to Athenodoros and Ammonios at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus. It mentions the thirteenth (day?) and asks them to harden or sharpen the iron tools. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Σωκράτης Ἀθηνοδώρῳ καὶ Ἀμμωνίῳ ἀμφοτέροις τιμιωτάτοις χαίρειν. […] τρισκαιδεκάτης α[…] […]ἵνα στομώσητε τὰ σιδήρια[…]…πων οὐ γὰρ α[…]εσθαι με χάριν […] ἐρρῶσθαι ἡμᾶς […] εὔχομαι

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Sokrates to Athenodoros and Ammonios, both most honoured, greetings. […] of the thirteenth […] […] so that you may temper (?) the iron tools […] for not […] me, for the sake of […] […] that you are (?) well […] I pray.

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Found at Mons Claudianus

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