o.did.409
[…]δι τῶι ἀδελφῶι […] […] χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς […] […] πᾶν ποίησον, ἄδελφε, ἵνα […] […] τοῦ φέροντός σοι τὸ ὄστρακον […] […]…λίαν φίλος ἐστὶν […] […]μενος καὶ ἀσπάζ…[…] […]μιλιας πάντας […] […] ἀπόδος εἰς Διδύμους […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144970
Letter to a brother recommending the bearer of the ostracon TM 144970Didymoi
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Fragmentary letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, a Roman fort on the desert road in Egypt's Eastern Desert, written to a 'brother'. The writer urges him to make every effort on some matter, apparently concerning the person carrying the ostracon, who is described as a close friend. It ends with greetings and an address for delivery to Didymoi.
In English machine translation
[…] to his brother […]
[…] greetings and always […]
[…] make every effort, brother, so that […]
[…] of the one bringing you the ostracon […]
[…] is a great friend […]
[…] and greet(s) […]
[…] all [the members of your household (?)] […]
[…] deliver to Didymoi […]
The final line is the address, instructing that the ostracon be delivered to Didymoi. The text belongs to a group of documents associated with Philokles and contemporaries such as Nemesous and Theanous.
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.