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Letter from Iulius to the cavalryman Dolens asking for 4 drachmas and a pen case TM 144880Didymoi

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An ostracon letter from Iulius to the cavalryman Dolens at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, urgently asking him to send 4 drachmas and a pen case by the next traveller, since an earlier request through Crispus had gone unanswered.

In English machine translation

Iulius to his dearest Dolens, greetings. I ask you, send me the 4 drachmas and the pen case through the person who is coming. Crispus also told you, and you did not give it to him. So then, brother, send it to me quickly, since I am suffering for lack of the pen case; and you, give orders if you need anything. To Didymoi, to Doles, cavalryman.

The kalamarion is a case or holder for reed pens. The addressee's name appears as Dolens in the greeting but as Doles in the address.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters from Iulius to Valerius, Antonius, and Dolens. Sertorius). 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 · Didymoi

Ἰούλις Δόλεντι τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἐρωτῶ σε, πέμψον μοι τὰς δραχμὰς δ καὶ τὸ καλαμάριον διὰ τοῦ ἐρχομένου. εἴρηκέ σοι καὶ Κρίσπος καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκες αὐτῷ. λοιπόν, ἄδελφε, ταχέως μοι πέμψον ἐπειδὴ κολάζομαι τοῦ καλαμαρίου καὶ σὺ ἐπίτασσε ἄν τινος χρῄσῃς. εἰς Διδύμους Δόλῃ ἱππεῖ.