o.did.32
[…]ων κουράτωρ πραισιδίου Ἀφροδίτης Αὐρηλίῳ Ἥρωνι χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144599
Letter from the curator of the Aphrodite fort to Aurelius Heron TM 144599Didymoi
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Opening of a letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, sent by a curator (commander) of the fort of Aphrodite in the Eastern Desert to Aurelius Heron. Only the address and the start of a polite request survive.
In English machine translation
[…]on, curator of the fort of Aphrodite, to Aurelius Heron, [greetings. Please] be so kind as to […]
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A curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a small desert fort (praesidium) on the roads of the Eastern Desert. The sender's name survives only as an ending.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettres de soldats et de curateurs). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.