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o.did.460 spätes II - frühes IIIDidymoi

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Fragmentary letter to Menandros mentioning Koptos. Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon addressed to Menandros, mentioning greetings, a journey to Koptos and a return, and something about a fight. It was found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert and dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 145021. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

χαῖρε Μένανδρε […] […]…ις σε ἀσπάζεται […]ηασα εἰς Κόπτον ἀνέκαμψα καὶ […]το καὶ μάχην ποιῆσαι διὰ τοῦ […]υτο[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Greetings, Menandros […] […] greets you. […] to Koptos, I returned and […] and to make a fight (?) through the […] […]

Connections

Found at Didymoi

Cross-references (3)

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