o.did.438
[… ? lines lost …] …[…] σὺν αὐτῷ το[…] δα ἵνα ἐξέλθῃ τὸ …ερας ὡς αὐτὸς ὁ σὸς καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναβῇ. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. συστῆσαι τῷ παιδαρίῳ σου ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἰδιώτης ἐστίν. κόμισαι ᾠὰ πέντε. εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν σῶν πάντων. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144999
Letter ending with a request and a gift of five eggs TM 144999Didymoi
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End of a private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The writer asks that someone go up together with another person, urges the recipient to recommend him to his slave boy because he is inexperienced, and sends five eggs.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…]
with him […]
[…] so that the […] may go out
as he himself, yours, and may go up with him. So do not do otherwise.
Introduce (him?) to your slave boy, since he is a layman (inexperienced).
Receive 5 eggs.
I pray for your health together with all your people.
Farewell.
The word idiotes means a private person or layman, here probably someone without experience or official standing. The beginning of the letter, with the names of sender and addressee, is lost.
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.