o.did.341
[…]…[…] τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· ὃν ἔπεμψέςμοι κιθῶνα πέπλυκα καὶ δέδωκα τῷ ἱππεῖ, καὶ ἐάν τι ἀκούσῃς περὶ ἡμῶν τῶν σουκεσσόρων ἀντίγραψόν μοι. ἐκόμισα κι[…]ον επεν[…] μὴ ὀχλοῦ […]εραν [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144904
Letter about a washed tunic and news of the successors TM 144904Didymoi
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Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a 'brother'. The writer says he has washed a tunic sent to him and handed it to a horseman, and asks to be told any news about 'us, the successors'.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
to his brother, greetings.
The tunic that you sent me I have washed and given to the horseman, and if you hear anything about us, the successors, write back to me. I received […] […] do not trouble (yourself?) […]
[…]
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The catalogue groups this with letters from Gaius Antonius to Longinus Crispus. 'Successors' (sukessores, a Latin loanword) probably refers to soldiers due to relieve the current 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.