o.did.364
[text A] Διογέντης Κλαυδίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· καλῶς ποιήσεις κεράμια ἅ σοι ἀφίωκα τοῦ οἴνου δοὺς αὐτὰ Κέλσῳ ἐπὶ σημείῳ ὅτι σοι ἀφίωκα χοῦν ἐλαίου καὶ μάτιον πιπέρεως ἵνα παραδῷς Καρίλᾳ. [text B] […] Κρίσπο[…]
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Letter of Diokentes to Claudius about wine, oil and pepper TM 144925Didymoi
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An ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert with a short letter from Diokentes to his 'brother' Claudius, asking him to give the jars of wine left for him to Celsus. He also mentions leaving oil and pepper to be handed over to Carila. A second, almost entirely lost text on the same piece preserves only part of a name.
In English machine translation
[text A]
Diokentes to Claudius his brother, greetings. Please give the jars of wine which I left for you to Celsus, (as) a sign that I left you a chous of oil and a mation of pepper, so that you may hand (them) over to Carila (?).
[text B]
[…] Crispus (?) […]
The chous and the mation are small measures of capacity. The phrase 'as a sign' (epi semeio) probably introduces a token of identification proving the request is genuine; the syntax of the letter is loose.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Letters of Diokentes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.