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o.did.359 Didymoi

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Letter to a brother about a tunic, with greetings from Trebellius. Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a 'brother'. The writer reports his health, mentions being rather weak, asks the recipient to collect a tunic from the letter carrier, and sends greetings, including from a certain Trebellius. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 144920. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]ἀδελ…[…] […] ὑγιαίνω δὲ καὶ αὐτός. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ἄδελφε, ὅτι […]έλθῃ ἐλεύσομαι …[…]α Τρεβελλί ου θέλομεν […] ὡς ἄρτι ἀσθενέστερ… εἰμι. ἄσπασαι Βα…[…] καὶ δέξαι αὐτοῦ τὸν κιθῶνα παρὰ τοῦ σοι φέροντος τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ καλῶς ἀνέστη . καὶ ἄσπασαι Μεν[…]ειν · ἀσπάζεται αὐτὸν Τρεβέλλιος […] ἀσπάζεταί σε …μος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] brother (?) […] […] and I myself am also in good health. I want you to know, brother, that […] comes (?), I will come […] Trebellius we want […] as I am just now rather weak […] Greet Ba[…] and receive his tunic from the man bringing you the letter, and tell him he got up well. And greet Men[…]; Trebellius greets him. […] […]mos greets you.

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Found at Didymoi

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