o.did.392
[fragment A] Δαμαναις Ἀουιζινα τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν· καλῶς ποιήσεις τὰς ῥατίονας καὶ [… 2 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment B] [… ? lines lost …] [… 7 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144953
Letter from Damanais to Avizina about rations TM 144953Didymoi
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Opening of a letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, a Roman fort on the desert road between Coptos and Berenike, from Damanais to Avizina, addressed as 'brother'. It concerns rations (rationes), but the rest of the text is lost.
In English machine translation
[fragment A]
Damanais to Avizina, her (?) brother, greetings. Please be so good as to [send?] the rations and
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[fragment B]
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The word 'ratíones' is the Latin 'rationes', military rations or allowances, borrowed into Greek. 'Brother' may be a form of address rather than a family relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Another Letter to Avizina). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.