o.claud.4.827
[… ? lines lost …] […] οἶδας γὰρ […] […]… ἄνθρακος ἵνα […]ζειν ἐπεὶ ἐγὼ ἀνάγκην ἔχω […] ἐπιμεῖναι ε…[…] Γερμανοῦ το[…]σας τὰ ἀνθράκια […]ψαι μοι τὸ σφραγ[…] ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118479
Fragment of a letter concerning charcoal TM 118479Mons Claudianus
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Fragment of a letter on an ostracon from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, dealing with a supply of charcoal. The writer says he is obliged to stay where he is, mentions a man named Germanus, and asks for something to be done for him involving a seal.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…] for you know […]
[…] of charcoal so that […] since I am compelled […]
to stay on […]
of Germanus […] the charcoal […] to me the seal(?) […]
Farewell.
Charcoal was needed at the quarries, probably for forging and repairing iron tools. The word read as 'seal' is incomplete and could refer to a seal or a sealed item.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Letter Concerning Charcoal). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.