Copies of military correspondence concerning Barbarians on the Myos Hormos road TM 144594Didymoi

Fragmentary ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, apparently containing copies of official correspondence received at the fort. It mentions curators (fort commanders), Barbarians, the road to Myos Hormos, an urgent message from a fort, and an imperial procurator.

In English machine translation

A curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert fort (praesidium) on the Koptos-Berenike road. 'Barbarians' refers to hostile desert nomads raiding the routes.

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