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o.did.363 Didymoi

Two Letters of Diokentes via HGV-meta

Letter from Diokentes to his brother about donkeys. Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, a Roman fort on the desert road to Berenike, from Diokentes to a 'brother'. It mentions donkeys and possibly a guard, but most of the content is lost. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 144924. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Διοκέντη […] τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. θέλω σε γινώσκειν ὅτι οἱ ὄνοι […]ἵνα εἰδῇς α[…]μενω ε[…] νιωστ[…] φυλακ[…]σινοι…[…] βε…[…] κον[…] σ…[…] [… ? lines lost …] ἔρρωσό μοι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Diokentes […] to his brother, greetings. I want you to know that the donkeys […] so that you may know […] […] […] guard (?) […] […] […] […] [… lines lost …] Farewell.

Connections

Found at Didymoi

Cross-references (3)

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