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o.did.461 1. Hälfte IIIDidymoi

Fort: North-East Corner via HGV-meta

Letter about cabbage and leeks sent with a donkey-driver. A private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, in which the sender greets several men, makes the customary act of devotion for them before the god Pan, and tells them to collect vegetables (cabbage stalks and leeks) from a donkey-driver and share them out. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]ικίας Ἐγλήκτῳ καὶ Α[…] καὶ Ἀφροδισίῳ καὶ Καρπιο[…] ἀμφοτέροις χαίρειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Πανί. κομίσασθε παρὰ […] ὀνηλάτου καυλίων δέσμας […] καὶ πράσων τέσσαρας καὶ διαμερίσατε αὐτὰ εἰς αὑτοὺς. ἀσπάσασθε τοὺς παρʼ ἡμῶν φίλους κατʼ ὄνομα. […] ἐρρωσθ […]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…]ikias to Englektos and A[…] and Aphrodisios and Karpio[…], to both (?), greetings. And I make your obeisance before the lord Pan. Receive from […] the donkey-driver [bundles (?)] of cabbage stalks […] and 4 of leeks, [and divide] them among yourselves. [Greet] the friends with us by name. […] Farewell […]

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Found at Didymoi

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