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Register of official letters passing between Phoinikon and Aphrodites TM 144589Didymoi

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An ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi on the Eastern Desert road, logging the passage of official mail between the stations of Phoinikon and Aphrodites (Orous). It records the days of Mesore and Thoth and the hours, day or night, at which letters were carried.

In English machine translation

Mesore 8: letters from Phoinikon at the 6th hour, likewise on the same day to Aphrodites (Orous). 11: letter(s) from Aphrodites to Phoinikon at the 4th hour of the night. 12: letter(s) from Phoinikon to Aphrodites at the 2nd hour. A letter from Phoinikon on the 17th, at the 6th hour of the night of the same month. A letter from Phoinikon on the 19th of Mesore at the 2nd hour of the evening. A letter from Aphrodites to Phoinikon on Thoth 2, into the third, at the sixth hour of the night. […]

Phoinikon and Aphrodites (Aphrodites Orous) were stations (praesidia) on the road from Koptos to Berenike; such logs tracked the official courier post. The final line is illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as La poste officielle). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Didymoi

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