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Draft letter on an ostracon from the hard-stone workers (sklerourgoi) at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus to their superior Saturnilus, around AD 137. They ask him to write on their behalf so that they may be granted leave, or to do whatever he thinks fit, mercifully.
The sklerourgoi were skilled quarrymen working the hard granodiorite stone; 'kommeatos' is the Latin commeatus, military-style leave. The word after 'so that' is damaged and its sense (perhaps wages or allowances) is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from the Sklerourgoi to Saturnilus (Draft)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
τῷ κυρίῳ Σατορνίλῳ οἱ σκληρουργοί σε ἀσπάζονται κύριε ἐρωτῶμέν σε τὸν ἡμέτερον κύριον μελησάτω σοι γράψαι περὶ ἡμῶν ὅπως κομεάτῳ ἔλθωμεν ἢ ὡς ἂν θέλῃς ἵνα ταλτω[…] μὴ ἀπολέσωμεν, ἀλλὰ εὐφρανθέντες, ἐὰν σὺ θέλῃς, …α[…]ελευσόμεθα ἢ ὃ ἐάν σοι δοκεῖ, κύριε, ἐλεημόνως ποίησον. ἔρρωσο,…
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