o.did.23
… ιζ Παχων παρέλαβα παρὰ […]λατα…ς μονομάχου ἐπιστολὰς ἐσφραγισμένας …εξ αὐτῶν μολύβου καὶ ἐξαῦτις […] ου…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144590
Record of receipt of sealed letters in the official post TM 144590Didymoi
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Fragmentary ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert recording, on Pachon 17, the receipt of sealed letters handed over by a man described as a monomachos, as part of the official post along the desert road.
In English machine translation
… 17 Pachon
I received from […]lata…s, gladiator (?), sealed letters … of them (?) of lead and immediately […]
…[…]
[…]
The word monomachos usually means 'gladiator' but here it may be a nickname or personal name. The reference to lead may concern lead seals or lead tags on the letters.
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.