Letter about small shears to be made by Epaphroditos TM 144900Didymoi

Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. The writer asks the recipient to see about a pair of small shears (psalidion), to have Epaphroditos make or repair them, or else send them back, and passes on greetings from Demetris and the whole garrison.

In English machine translation

Praesidium is the Latin term, written in Greek, for the small fortified military post and its garrison. Psalidion means small shears or scissors; the exact sense of 'make' (perhaps repair) 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 Epaphroditos 1). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.