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Letter from Gaius Terentius to Marcus Longinus about vegetables received TM 144908Didymoi

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A short private letter on an ostracon from Gaius Terentius to Marcus Longinus, acknowledging receipt of three gourds and a bundle of cabbage delivered by an emerald-miner and offering help in return. It belongs to the archive of Marcus Longinus found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert.

In English machine translation

Gaius Terentius to Marcus Longinus his brother, very many greetings. I received from the emerald-miner 3 gourds and a bundle of cabbage. And if you need anything […], write back to me. I greet Lucia my sister and Fabius and Antonius Macer. Valerius Clemens greets you. Farewell.

The word translated 'emerald-miner' (zmaragdarios) refers to someone working at the emerald mines of the Eastern Desert. 'Brother' and 'sister' may be terms of affection rather than kinship; part of line 5 is illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gaii and Longini: Marcus Longinus' Archive). 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 Τερέντιος Μάρκῳ Λογγίνῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν· ἐκομισάμην παρὰ τοῦ ζμαραγδαρίου κολοκύνθας γ καὶ κραμβίου δέσμην καὶ ἄν τινος χρῄζ…α…ψ… ἀντίγραψόν μοι. ἀσπάζομαι Λουκίαν τὴν ἀδελφήν μου καὶ Φάβιον καὶ Ἀντώνιον Μάκερα. ἀσπάζεταί σε Οὐαλέριος Κλήμης. ἔρρωσο.