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o.claud.4.888 Mons Claudianus
Letter from Palais to Athenodoros via HGV-meta
Letter from Palais to Athenodoros about stones in the quarry. A short business letter on an ostracon from the Roman quarry at Mons Claudianus, in which Palais reports to Athenodoros on the progress of stone blocks being worked in the quarry, giving their sizes in feet. He asks him to see to it that a stone is brought down to the loading platform. It is dated to the 27th of Thoth. machine translation
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TM 118540.
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- Letter from Palais to Athenodoros HGV-meta Mons Claudianus150
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Παλαις Ἀθηνοδώρῳ τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν.
γείνωσκε ὅτι […] ἤδη γ λίθους ἄνω
ἐν τῇ λατομίᾳ ἕτερον συλλέγοντα πόδας ιβ
ἕτερον […] τὸν δὲ ἕτερον πόδας ϛ
με[…]μεθα ἕτερον
μ[…]… δε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ
…[…]…η τὰ φαλάγγια
καὶ εἰς τὴν κρηπῖδα καταβαλεῖν μελήσει σοι
Θὼθ
ἔρρωσο κζTranslations (1)
Palais to the most honoured Athenodoros, greetings.
Know that […] already 3 stones up in the quarry, another collecting(?) 12 feet, another […] and the other 6 feet […] we […] another […] us from […] the rollers(?) […] and you will take care to bring (it) down to the loading ramp(?).
Thoth
Farewell. 27
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Found at
Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 118540 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;4;888 tier-1
- HGV-Text 118540 tier-1
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