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o.claud.4.884 Mons Claudianus

Letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros via HGV-meta

Letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros asking for the dekanos to handle two stones. A short letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus, asking him to send the dekanos (a foreman) to deal with two small stones so that wagon transport can proceed more quickly. It is dated Epeiph 16. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Σωκράτης Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῷτιμιωτά τῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψεις […] τὸν δεκανὸν ἵνα καταστήσῃ τὰ δύο λιθάρια ἵνα ταχύτερον[…]τατίσω τὰς φορὰς τῶν ἁμαξῶν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι Ἐπεὶφ ιϛ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Sokrates to the most honoured Athenodoros, greetings. Please send […] the dekanos so that he may set up (?) the two small stones, so that I may more quickly […] the loads of the wagons. I pray for your health. Epeiph 16

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