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Σωκράτης ἐργοδότης Ἑρμαισκᾶτι ταβελλαρίῳ χαίρειν. γράφεις μοι περὶ γόμου δρομικῆς εἰ ἔνι. οἶδας καὶ σύ, εἰ μὲν θέλεις ἐκ τῆς κοπῆς Ἐγκολπίου, ἔνι. ἔρρωσθαι.
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Letter from Sokrates to Hermaiskas about a load for transport TM 118548Mons Claudianus
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A short letter from Sokrates, a work supervisor (ergodotes), to Hermaiskas, a courier, from the Roman quarry at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert. Hermaiskas had asked whether a load was available for a dromas (a dromedary or courier animal), and Sokrates answers that there is one from the stone-cutting of Enkolpios.
In English machine translation
Sokrates, ergodotes, to Hermaiskas, tabellarius, greetings.
You write to me about a load for the dromas, whether there is one. You know yourself: if you want one from the quarrying of Enkolpios, there is.
Farewell.
Ergodotes was a quarry works official and tabellarius a letter carrier. The phrase 'gomos dromikēs' probably means a load for a dromedary or fast courier transport; the exact sense 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 Hermaiskas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.