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An ostracon letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi on the Eastern Desert road, addressed sarcastically to Epaphroditos "the unworthy". The writer complains that Epaphroditos broke their agreement over payment for piglets, for which 48 drachmas had been handed over, and asks him to pay the money owed.
The meaning of antlia (literally bilge or water-drawing, perhaps a place of hardship or a well) is uncertain here. The brother's name is spelled both Skenos and Skainos.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters to Epaphroditos 2). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
…[…] Ἐπαφροδίτῳ τῷ μὴ ἀξίῳ χαίρειν· […] αυτη…[…]μων ἡ πίστις. συνεφώνησας μετ’ ἐμοῦ. ἔλαβες τὴν τιμὴν διὰ Σκηνου ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν ὄντος. χάριν δὲ ἔχω τοῖς θεοῖς ὅτι … ἡμῶν ἐγένετο Σκαινος· εἰ δὲ μή, ἤρνου καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν διά τινος τὴν γνώμην μου οὐκ ἔλαβα. περὶ τῶν δελφακίων ἄλλα ἐπιτ…
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