o.claud.4.819
Σανσνῶς ἐργοδότης Πετρωιανε χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσῃς πέμψεις εἰς τὴν λατομίαν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος εἰς τὸ […]ην ἀσκὸν […] ἐπὶ […]…ν[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118471
Request from the work-overseer Sansnos to Petroianes for a skin-bag for the quarry of Apollon TM 118471Mons Claudianusca. 110
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Fragmentary letter of requisition from Sansnos, a work-overseer, to Petroianes, asking him to send a skin-bag (for water or supplies) to the quarry of Apollon. It comes from the Roman quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, around AD 110.
In English machine translation
Sansnos, work-overseer, to Petroianes, greetings. Please send to the quarry of Apollon, to the […] a skin-bag […] on […]
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An ergodotes was an overseer of work at the quarries. The 'quarry of Apollon' was one of the named quarry sites around Mons Claudianus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Requisition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.