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An ostracon letter from Antonis, curator (commander) of the fort at Phoinikon, to Horigenes Leon, curator of the fort at Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, reporting the passage of four 'Barbarians' with three children, nine camels and four donkeys. He asks that the report be passed on to the prefect.
A curator here is the officer in charge of a small desert fort (praesidium) on the road between Coptos and Berenike. 'Barbarians' refers to desert nomads moving through the area, and such sighting reports were relayed from fort to fort.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ὡριγένῃ Λέοντι κουράτορι πραισιδίου Διδύμων Ἀντώνις Α… κουράτωρ Φοινικῶνος χαίρειν. μηνύω σοι κατελθόντας Βαρβάρους δ καὶ παιδία τρία καὶ καμήλους θ καὶ ὄνους δ ἵνα μηνύσῃς τῷ ἐπάρχῳ ι… νυκτὸς τ… καὶ τῇ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῃ ἕκτης ὥρας ἡμέρας …ῆλθον.
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