o.did.396
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […]ινα ἂν πιάσω […] στρουθοκαμηλ[…]…ει καμηλο […]λιν πέμψω σοι […]… δέσμην […]…[…]…ελ […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144957
Fragment of a letter mentioning an ostrich and a bundle TM 144957Didymoi
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Fragment of a letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written in the hand of Philokles. The writer apparently mentions catching something, an ostrich, and promises to send the addressee something, perhaps a bundle.
In English machine translation
[...]
[...] ... [...]
[...] so that if I catch (?)
[...] ostrich [...] ... camel (?)
[...] I will send you
[...] ... bundle
[...] ... [...] ...
[...] ... [...]
[...]
Philokles is a prolific letter-writer known from the Eastern Desert ostraca; this piece belongs to his letters lacking a prescript. The Greek for ostrich, strouthokamelos, literally means 'sparrow-camel'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters Written in Philokles' Hand but without a Prescript). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.