Letter to Demetrous mentioning Epagathos and a key TM 144979Didymoi

Fragment of a Greek private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a woman named Demetrous. The surviving lines mention a man named Epagathos, through whom something was sent, and a key.

In English machine translation

The word for key is written kleidion with a deleted iota, a diminutive that can also mean a small key. The associated title referring to Latin letters appears to describe the volume rather than this Greek text.

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