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A letter from Nepheros, curator of the station of Tiberiane, to Athenodoros at the Roman quarries of Mons Claudianus about moving a column. Nepheros says he has built the road but has only three soldiers and cannot spare any, since moving the column needs a large workforce.
The curator (kourator) was the military officer in charge of a station along the quarry roads; Tiberiane was one such station. The Greek katastasis, here rendered 'transport', may refer to bringing the column down or setting it in place.
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 Nepheros 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.
Νεφερῶς κουράτωρ Τιβεριανῆς Ἀθηνοδώρῳ χαίρειν. γράφεις μοι περὶ τῆς καταστάσεως τοῦ στύλου τοῦ ἐργοδότου ἔσω ὄντος πρὸς σέ. πεποίηκα τὴν ὁδόν. οἶδας δὲ ὅτι ἀριθμὸν οὐκ ἔχω στρατιωτῶν εἰ μή τι τρεῖς. ἐὰν δὲ πέμπω ἕνα οὐκέτι ἔχω πέμψαι εἰς τὴν λατομίαν. οἶδας δὲ ὅτι ὄχλον πολὺν δαπ…
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