Letter about a missing tunic, a woman and a donkey-driver at the fort TM 144962Didymoi

Fragment of an ostracon letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, in which the writer tells of a tunic, going into the fort, and finding a woman called away by the female contractor (probably a brothel-keeper). She denies having the tunic, and a donkey-driver is involved in a false accusation or dispute.

In English machine translation

The kondouktria, the female 'contractor', was probably the woman who ran the prostitutes leased to the desert forts. The 'hypankonion' is uncertain, perhaps a bag or garment carried under the arm.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nemesous, Theanous and Other Contemporaries of Philokles). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.