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o.claud.4.896 Mons Claudianus
Letter from Sokrates to Hermaiskas via HGV-meta
Letter from Sokrates to Hermaiskas about a load for transport. A short letter from Sokrates, a work supervisor (ergodotes), to Hermaiskas, a courier, from the Roman quarry at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert. Hermaiskas had asked whether a load was available for a dromas (a dromedary or courier animal), and Sokrates answers that there is one from the stone-cutting of Enkolpios. machine translation
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- Letter from Sokrates to Hermaiskas HGV-meta Mons Claudianus150
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Transcription
Σωκράτης ἐργοδότης
Ἑρμαισκᾶτι ταβελλαρίῳ
χαίρειν.
γράφεις μοι περὶ γόμου δρομικῆς εἰ ἔνι. οἶδας καὶ σύ,
εἰ μὲν θέλεις ἐκ τῆς κοπῆς
Ἐγκολπίου, ἔνι.
ἔρρωσθαι.Translations (1)
Sokrates, ergodotes, to Hermaiskas, tabellarius, greetings.
You write to me about a load for the dromas, whether there is one. You know yourself: if you want one from the quarrying of Enkolpios, there is.
Farewell.
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- TM-Text 118548 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;4;896 tier-1
- HGV-Text 118548 tier-1
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