o.claud.4.879
[…]ωι καὶ Ἰσιδώρωι χαίρειν καλῶς ποιήσατε πέμψατε ἀνθράκια ἢ ξύλι…[…] […] τῶν κρίκων […] ἐνθάδε μὴ ὑπάρχει […] οὐκ ἴσχυσα πρὸς ὑμᾶς […] […]… ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118531
Letter to Isidoros and another asking for charcoal or wood TM 118531Mons Claudianus
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Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus, addressed to two men, one named Isidoros, asking them to send charcoal or wood. The writer mentions rings (perhaps metal fittings) and says something is not available where he is.
In English machine translation
[…] and Isidoros, [greetings]. Please [send] charcoal or firewood (?) […]
[…] of the rings
[…] is not available here
[…] I was not able (to come?) to you
[…]
[…] I pray for your health.
The "rings" (krikoi) may be metal rings or fittings used in the quarry work rather than jewellery. The word after charcoal is incomplete, and "firewood" is a likely reading.
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 ? to ? and Isidoros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.