o.did.36
[…] Opi…eni Leonti curatori praesidi pan poiesis ina m[…] [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144603
Fragment of a letter to Leon, curator of the fort TM 144603Didymoi
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Fragmentary opening of a letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert, addressed to Leon, curator of the fort. Only the address and the start of a request to do everything possible survive.
In English machine translation
[…] Opi… to Leon, curator of the fort (praesidium):
you will do everything so that […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
The text is Greek written in Latin letters: the second line transliterates Greek 'pan poiēsis hina' ('you will do everything so that'). A curator was the soldier in charge of a desert fort (praesidium).
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.