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Letter from the contractors and stonecutters at the Mons Claudianus quarry to the prefect Antonius Flavianus, announcing that one of two 25-foot columns has been finished by Hathyr 26. They ask, with the procurator's support, for a quick delivery of steel and charcoal so that they can complete the second column.
Stomoma is the tempered steel used to harden or re-edge iron quarrying tools; the charcoal was for the smithy. The prefect here is probably the military prefect in charge of the quarry district, not the prefect of Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to Antonius Flavianus, the Prefect, from the Workers). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀντωνίῳ Φλαουιανῷ ἐπάρχῳ παρὰ ἐργοδοτῶν καὶ σκληρουργῶν τῷ κυρίῳ χαίρειν. τοῦ κυρίου Σεράπιδος καὶ τῆς τύχης τοῦ Κλαυδιανοῦ καὶ τῆς σοῦ τύχης αὐξανούσης τῶν δύο κιόνων τῶν κε ποδῶν εὐαγγελιζόμεθα ἕνα τῶν δύο κιόνων τῶν κε ποδῶν ἀπηρτικέναι ἄχρι τῆς κϛ τοῦ Ἁθύρ. ἐάν σοι δοκεῖ, κύρ…
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