One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144626

Message to Ulpius Valens concerning receipt of a donkey TM 144626Didymoi122 - 123

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A fragmentary ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert in which a Quintus Sos[…] writes to Ulpius Valens about receiving a donkey and apparently some sacks. It is dated to year 7 of Hadrian (AD 122-123).

In English machine translation

Quintus Sos[…] to Ulpius Valens the […], [greetings]. […] letter […] […] to receive a donkey […] to have received […] and […] and sack(s) […] Year 7 of Hadrian the [lord].

The text is classed as a receipt, but its opening addresses Ulpius Valens and mentions a letter, so it may be a letter acknowledging receipt.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 122 - 123 · Didymoi

Κουίντος Σοσ…[…] Οὐλπίῳ Οὐάλεντι τῷ […] συ ἐπιστολὴν …[…] παραλαβεῖν ὄνον […]ν παρειληφέναι […]υνιων καὶ ἀπο[…]μυως καὶ σακκ[…] ἔτους ζ Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου.