Letter from Thaisous about a girl brought to Phoinikon TM 144988Didymoi

A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Thaisous, found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. She reports that a girl (korasion) came with her to Phoinikon on the 18th, praises her brother's help and asks the recipient to send him something concerning the girl, ending with greetings.

In English machine translation

The 'girl' (korasion) in such desert ostraca is often a prostitute moved between forts, and the thing to be sent may be her fee or 'wage', but the word is broken. Phoinikon is another station on the desert roads.

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