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[… ? lines lost …] …[…] τί ἔλαβες …αι ἐπε… τίθης αὐτὰ διὰ τοσκα ἀνθρώπους καὶ εἴ τι ποιεῖς ὡς γοργῶς ποίει. ἄσπασαι Διόρβλικον καὶ πάντας τοὺς συ μπολίτας. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144959
End of a letter in Philokles' hand urging haste TM 144959Didymoi
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End of a private letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written in the hand of Philokles. The writer urges the recipient to act quickly and sends greetings to Diorblikos and all the fellow citizens.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…]
what did you receive […] (?)
you place them through (?) […] people, and if you are doing anything, do it quickly.
Greet Diorblikos and all the fellow citizens. Farewell.
The beginning of the letter, including any prescript, is lost, and the opening surviving lines are too damaged for a secure reading. Philokles is a known letter writer whose many ostraca were found at the desert forts.
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.