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Ostracon letter from Philokles to his sister Sknips at Didymoi, a Roman fort in the Eastern Desert. After greetings and news that he and their child are well, he tells her he has sent goods, including salt, and a letter through Apollonios, and asks her to write; most of the details are lost.
Matia is a dry measure (a fraction of an artaba) used in the Eastern Desert ostraca; 'sister' may be affectionate rather than literal.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sknips at Didymoi). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[side convex] Φιλοκλῆς Σκνιπὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· ὑγιαίνω δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου ἡμῶν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἔπεμψα διὰ Ἀπολλωνίου μάτια […] […] ἁλὸς καὶ ἐπιστολὴν […] […]… αποδισακιν[…] …
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