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Ἱερώνυμος Ἀθηνωδώρῳ τῶι τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐξαυτῆς πέμψας τὰς ἀκόνας διὰ τῶν ὄνων ἐπεὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον καταργεῖται. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
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Letter from Hieronymos to Athenodoros asking for whetstones TM 118543Mons Claudianus
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A short letter from Hieronymos to Athenodoros at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. He urgently asks for whetstones to be sent by donkey, because work has stopped for lack of them.
In English machine translation
Hieronymos to the most honoured Athenodoros, greetings.
Please send the whetstones at once by the donkeys, since because of this the work is at a standstill.
I pray for your health.
The whetstones (akonai) were probably needed to sharpen the tools used in the quarry, which explains why work had halted without them.
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 Hieronymos 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.