o.claud.4.864
Δημητρᾶς Φ…[…] Νεμωνᾶς παῖς σκληρουργὸς οὐκ ἐπήκουσε εἰς τὸ ὕδρευμα. διὸ ἔγραψά σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς ἔρρωσο σφυρίδια […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118516
Letter from Demetras reporting a disobedient worker TM 118516Mons Claudianus
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A short letter from Demetras on an ostracon from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus, reporting that a worker named Nemonas failed to obey and come to the watering station. A mention of small baskets follows before the text breaks off.
In English machine translation
Demetras to Ph[…]
Nemonas, a slave (?) [and quarry-]worker, did not comply [and come to the] watering station. Therefore [I have written to you so that] you may know.
[Farewell.]
Baskets […]
[…]
The word 'pais' can mean boy, slave or servant. 'Skleorourgos', a hard-stone worker, is largely restored. A hydreuma was a fortified watering station on the desert roads. No date is given in the records. . . .
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 Demetras). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.