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o.did.456 1. Hälfte IIIDidymoi
Fort: North-West Corner: Aelius Silvinus via HGV-meta
Letter from Aelius Silvinus asking his brother to buy lentils, cheeses and dates. Fragmentary Latin letter on an ostracon from Aelius Silvinus to a 'brother' named Cre[…], written at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. He says he has had nothing for a long time and asks the recipient to buy lentils, cheeses and dates for him. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 145017.
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- Fort: North-West Corner: Aelius Silvinus HGV-meta Didymoi1. Hälfte III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Latin
· Latin
Transcription
Aelius Siluinus Cre[…]fratri salutem. scias me …[…]…usque pentecedecate hic fa cere. scias me iam olim nil
habere. bonam rem facies
si emitis lenticularum matium et caseos XI unum palmularum matium quare aqua[…]
tutum laborem […]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Aelius Silvinus to Cre[…] his brother, greetings. Know that I […] to stay here until the fifteenth day (?). Know that I have had nothing for a long time now.
You will do a good thing if you buy one matium of lentils and 11 cheeses, one matium of dates, because water […]
safe labour (?) […]
[…]
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Didymoi
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 145017 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;456 tier-1
- HGV-Text 145017 tier-1
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