Letter mentioning the fort's dogs and a puppy TM 144992Didymoi

Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. The writer asks for vegetables to be sent and tells how the fort's dogs followed him as he rode down on his horse and then turned back, except for one, and mentions a puppy he had raised that someone tied up.

In English machine translation

The word rendered 'red-footed one' (pyrrobadios) is rare and its exact sense, probably a dog's name or description, is uncertain. A praesidium was a small military fort 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 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.