o.did.335
Cutus Tarulae salutem rogo te frater quas habes meas dracmas XXXIV salutem Longino nostro.
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Letter from Cutus to Tarula asking for 34 drachmas TM 144898Didymoi
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A short Latin letter on an ostracon from Didymoi in which Cutus asks Tarula, whom he calls brother, to return 34 drachmas of his that Tarula holds. It ends with greetings to their common friend Longinus.
In English machine translation
Cutus to Tarula, greetings.
I ask you, brother, (for) the drachmas of mine that you have, 34 drachmas.
Greetings to our Longinus.
The request has no main verb for what Tarula should do with the money; presumably Cutus wants it sent back. This is one of three letters written by Cutus found at Didymoi, a Roman fort in the Eastern Desert.
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.