o.did.318
Ἰούλιος Οὐαλερίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἔπεμψά σοι ἐπιστολὰς γ καὶ ἐκομίσω τέσσαρες διὰ τοῦ γαλεαρίου τοῦ ἐν Διδύμοις ὥστε ζ. ταύτας εἰς ἱππέα ἀναδώσεις. καὶ ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἔγραψα. Τυβι κη.
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Letter from Iulius to Valerius about forwarding letters TM 144881Didymoi
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A short letter on an ostracon from Iulius to his "brother" (likely a fellow soldier) Valerius at the desert station of Didymoi, about letters sent via the camp servant (galearius) and to be passed on to a cavalryman. It is dated Tybi 28.
In English machine translation
Iulius to Valerius his brother, greetings. I sent you 3 letters and you received (?) four through the galearius at Didymoi, so that […]
these you will hand over to a cavalryman.
And I wrote on your behalf.
Tybi 28.
A galearius was a soldier's servant or camp attendant, here apparently carrying mail. The text after "so that" is damaged and the sense of the counts of letters is uncertain.
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.