o.claud.4.803
Ἥρων Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. εὖ ποιήσεις διά τινος τῶν ἀκοαρίων πέμψας μοι τὸ πινάκιον καὶ τὰ ἀστέρια ὅτι χρεία μοι αὐτῶν […] …[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118455
Letter from Heron to Apollonios asking for a tablet and asteria TM 118455Mons Claudianus
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A short private letter on an ostracon from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, in which Heron asks his friend Apollonios to send him a pinakion and some asteria by one of the water-carriers, because he needs them. The end of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
Heron to his dearest Apollonios, greetings. Please be so kind as to send me, through one of the aquarii (water-carriers), the tablet (?) and the little stars (?),
because I have need of them […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
The akoarioi (Latin aquarii) were water-carriers serving the desert stations. The meaning of pinakion (small board, tablet or plate) and asteria (literally little stars, possibly star-shaped objects or a kind of stone) is uncertain here.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Heron to Apollonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.