Letter from Iulius Priscus to Vettius with greetings from the garrison TM 144990Didymoi

A private Latin letter on an ostracon from Iulius Priscus to his comrade Vettius, whom he calls brother, expressing affection and conveying greetings from a list of soldiers including a curator and the whole garrison. It comes from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert.

In English machine translation

Praesidium here means the small fort and its garrison on the desert road; the curator was the soldier in charge of the fort. The final word 'eros' is unclear and may be a name or a fragment of the closing formula.

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