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Fragmentary ostracon letter from Mons Claudianus, sent by one or more contractors at the quarry to an imperial procurator, announcing good news. It mentions the god Sarapis, dates in the current month and charcoal, probably connected with quarry work.
The procurator's name Probus and much of the opening formula are editorial restorations. The 'good news' phrasing (euangelizomai) is a formula used for announcing, for example, the successful extraction of a column.
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 a Procurator). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]… Αμ Πρόβῳ […] ἐπιτρόπῳ τοῦ κυρίου Καίσαρος παρὰ […]ας ἐργοδοτῶν Κλαυδιανοῦ, τῷ κυρίῳ χα εὐαγγελιζόμεθά σοι, κύριε, τὴν ἱλαρὰν φάσιν ὅτι … εἴκοσι […]προτέρου …τιοις κυρ… […]ειδ… τῇ τέσσαρα καὶ […] τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς […] ὁ κύριος Σαράπις […]ἡμῖν περὶ τοῦ […]εικος ἀπόδος […]…σε…
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