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o.did.435 Didymoi
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Letter from Zourdanos to his brother about camel meat. A short private letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, a Roman military station in the Eastern Desert, from Zourdanos to his brother. He apologizes that he had no camel meat to send and wishes he had pork, and sends greetings to Didalsa. machine translation
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TM 144996.
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- Letters not Attached to a Group HGV-meta Didymoi110
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ζουρδανος Δια…[…]
παλαι τῷ ἀδελφῷ
χαίρειν· ἀσπάζομαί
σε πολλά. οὐκ εἶχον καμήλειον κρέας ἵνα
σοι ἀποστείλω. ὤφελον εἰ εἶχον χοίρειον. ἄσπασαι Διδαλσα.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Zourdanos to Dia…[…]palai (?), his brother,
greetings. I greet
you warmly. I did not have camel meat to
send you. Would that I had pork. Greet Didalsa.
Farewell.
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Didymoi
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144996 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;435 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144996 tier-1
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