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Letter from Gaius Antonius to Longinus Crispus about bread and successors TM 144902Didymoi

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A private letter on an ostracon from Gaius Antonius to his 'brother' Longinus Crispus at the Roman desert fort of Didymoi. He reports sending an item and three pairs of loaves via the cavalryman Doros, asks for confirmation of receipt, and requests precise news about the 'successors' (relief soldiers).

In English machine translation

Gaius Antonius to Longinus Crispus his brother, greetings. I have sent you your fodder (?) through Doros the cavalryman, and 3 pairs of loaves of bread, and you did not write back to me. If you received them, write back to me. And you sent me a letter which I could not manage to read through; and if you have heard anything very precise about the successors, write to me. So do not do otherwise, my brother. Greet everyone there by name. Farewell. 11th.

The meaning of 'chiloma' is uncertain, probably fodder or a feed bag. 'Successors' (Latin successores) likely refers to soldiers coming to relieve the garrison.

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 Gaius Antonius to Longinus Crispus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Didymoi

Γάιος Ἀντώνιος Λογγίνωι Κρίσπῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· ἀπέσταλκά σοι χίλωμα τὸ σὸν διὰ Δώρου ἱππέως καὶ ζεύγη ἄρτου τρία, καὶ οὐκ ἀντέγραψάς μοι. εἰ ἐκομίσου, ἀντίγραψόν μοι. καὶ ἀπέσταλκάς μοι ἐπιστολὴν ἣν οὐχ εὗρον διελθεῖν, καὶ εἰ ἤκουκας περὶ σουκκεσσόρων ἀκριβέστατα, γράψον μοι. …