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Letter from Tithoes and the works-supervisors to the procurator Probus TM 118508Mons Claudianus

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Fragment of a letter from Tithoes and the works-supervisors at the Mons Claudianus quarry to Probus, apparently the imperial procurator, announcing good news. It seems to concern the progress of a stone piece measured in feet, with a date in the month of Choiak.

In English machine translation

To Probus, [procurator of Caesar,] ⟦from⟧ Tithoes [and the] works-supervisors of the quarry [of Claudianus, to their lord,] greeting. We [bring you the good news of a happy report (?)] the second […] and of six feet […] […] and on the [tenth (?) of the present] month Choiak […] wished to write (?) […] of the second […] […] through him (?) […] […] […]

Probus's title as procurator and the opening announcement of good news are largely restored. The 'works-supervisors' (ergodotai) oversaw quarrying operations, and the measurement in feet probably refers to a column or block being cut.

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 to Probus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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o.claud.4.856

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mons Claudianus

Πρόβῳ ἐπιτρόπῳ Καίσαρος Τιθοῆς καὶ ἐργοδόται μετάλλου Κλαυδιανοῦ, τῷ κυρίῳ, χαίρειν. εὐανγελιζόμεθά σοι ἱλαρὰν φάσιν τὸν δεύτερ[…] καὶ ἓξ ποδῶν […] ρες καὶ δεκάτης τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς Χοιὰκ …[…] ἠθέλησε γραφ…[…] δευτέρου τε…[…] […]δι’ αὐτ…[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]