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Σωκράτης Ἀθηνοδώρῳ καὶ Ἀμμωνίῳ ἀμφοτέροις τιμιωτάτοις χαίρειν. […] τρισκαιδεκάτης α[…] […]ἵνα στομώσητε τὰ σιδήρια[…]…πων οὐ γὰρ α[…]εσθαι με χάριν […] ἐρρῶσθαι ἡμᾶς […] εὔχομαι
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Letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros and Ammonios about iron tools TM 118527Mons Claudianus
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Fragmentary ostracon letter from Sokrates (name partly restored) to Athenodoros and Ammonios at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus. It mentions the thirteenth (day?) and asks them to harden or sharpen the iron tools.
In English machine translation
Sokrates to Athenodoros and Ammonios, both most honoured, greetings.
[…] of the thirteenth […]
[…] so that you may temper (?) the iron tools […] for not […] me, for the sake of […]
[…] that you are (?) well
[…] I pray.
The verb stomoō refers to hardening or edging iron tools, a routine task of the quarry smiths. The sender's name is largely restored.
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 Sokrates (?) to Athenodoros and Ammonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.