o.did.435
Ζουρδανος Δια…[…] παλαι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· ἀσπάζομαί σε πολλά. οὐκ εἶχον καμήλειον κρέας ἵνα σοι ἀποστείλω. ὤφελον εἰ εἶχον χοίρειον. ἄσπασαι Διδαλσα. ἔρρωσο.
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Letter from Zourdanos to his brother about camel meat TM 144996Didymoi
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Didymoi, a Roman military station in the Eastern Desert, from Zourdanos to his brother. He apologizes that he had no camel meat to send and wishes he had pork, and sends greetings to Didalsa.
In English machine translation
Zourdanos to Dia…[…]palai (?), his brother,
greetings. I greet
you warmly. I did not have camel meat to
send you. Would that I had pork. Greet Didalsa.
Farewell.
The recipient's name is damaged and only partly legible. Camel meat was eaten at the desert stations, and the writer seems to regret having neither it nor pork to send.
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.