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Σωκράτης Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῷτιμιωτά τῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψεις […] τὸν δεκανὸν ἵνα καταστήσῃ τὰ δύο λιθάρια ἵνα ταχύτερον[…]τατίσω τὰς φορὰς τῶν ἁμαξῶν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι Ἐπεὶφ ιϛ
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Letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros asking for the dekanos to handle two stones TM 118536Mons Claudianus
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A short letter from Sokrates to Athenodoros at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus, asking him to send the dekanos (a foreman) to deal with two small stones so that wagon transport can proceed more quickly. It is dated Epeiph 16.
In English machine translation
Sokrates to the most honoured Athenodoros, greetings.
Please send […] the dekanos so that he may set up (?) the two small stones, so that I may more quickly […] the loads of the wagons.
I pray for your health.
Epeiph 16
A dekanos was a foreman or leader of a small work squad at the quarries. The verb governing 'the loads of the wagons' is lost, so the exact action Sokrates wants to speed up 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 Sokrates to Athenodoros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.