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o.did.410 Didymoi

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Letter from Messalina to her brother asking him to send something. Opening of a private letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, written by a woman named Messalina to a man she addresses as brother and lord. She begins a request asking him to send her something, but the rest is lost. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 144971. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Μεσσαλῖνα[…] τῷ ἀδελφῷ καὶ κυρίῳ […] χαίρειν· ἐρωτῶ σε καὶ παρακαλῶ πέμψεις μοι […] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Messalina […] to her brother and lord […], greetings. I ask and beseech you, send me […] […]

Connections

Found at Didymoi

Cross-references (3)

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