Letter from Cutus to Drozes about wine for soldiers TM 144897Didymoi

Fragmentary Latin letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written by Cutus to Drozes. It concerns wine provided from Cutus's work for several soldiers, including the curator Longinus, the sesquiplicarius Antonius, Bitus, Dales and Dinis son of Mocaporis.

In English machine translation

A sesquiplicarius was a soldier on pay-and-a-half; the curator was the officer commanding a desert fort. The names Cutus, Drozes, Bitus, Dales and Dinis are Thracian, typical of the auxiliary garrisons.

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