Letter from Iulius to Antonius about a delivery of salt TM 144884Didymoi

A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, from Iulius to Antonius. He acknowledges receiving a quantity of salt from someone and asks to be told the price; the rest mentions an obol of Clemens and closes with the usual offer to help.

In English machine translation

The word rendered 'half-cloak' (hemimation) is used here apparently as a measure or container for salt; its exact sense is uncertain. This ostracon belongs to a group of letters written by Iulius to several correspondents.

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.