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o.did.438 Didymoi

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Letter ending with a request and a gift of five eggs. End of a private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The writer asks that someone go up together with another person, urges the recipient to recommend him to his slave boy because he is inexperienced, and sends five eggs. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] …[…] σὺν αὐτῷ το[…] δα ἵνα ἐξέλθῃ τὸ …ερας ὡς αὐτὸς ὁ σὸς καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναβῇ. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. συστῆσαι τῷ παιδαρίῳ σου ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἰδιώτης ἐστίν. κόμισαι ᾠὰ πέντε. εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν σῶν πάντων. ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] with him […] […] so that the […] may go out as he himself, yours, and may go up with him. So do not do otherwise. Introduce (him?) to your slave boy, since he is a layman (inexperienced). Receive 5 eggs. I pray for your health together with all your people. Farewell.

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Found at Didymoi

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