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A letter from Athenodoros to Sokrates at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus. He says the procurator has asked for a report on the stones lying in the quarry cut up to 31 December, and he asks Sokrates to send him the information in writing so he can forward it.
The day before the Kalends of January is 31 December, so the report seems to be a year-end inventory of stone. The phrase 'of his cutting' may refer to stone quarried during the procurator's term of office.
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 Athenodoros to Sokrates). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀθηνόδωρος Σωκράτῃ τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. οἶμαι μὲν τὸν κύριον μ[…] ἐπίτροπον καὶ σοὶ ἀπεσταλκέναι περὶ τοῦ δηλωθῆναι αὐτῷ τοὺς ἀποκειμένους ἐν τῷ μετάλλῳ λίθους τῆς αὐτοῦ κοπῆς εἰς πρὸ μιᾶς Καλανδῶν Ἰανουαρίων. εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις καὶ ἐμοὶ ἐγγράφως δηλώσας ἵνα ἀκολούθως σου τοῖς γρ…
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