o.did.439
…ρεπερ Δικεβαλῳ […] χαίρειν· ἠρώτησα τὸν κουράτορα κομμεᾶτον ἵνα ἐλθῶ παρὰ σὲ καὶ α…δ…[…] θεσενεντερος […] διαθήκη …[…] πέμψον ἵνα[…] κηεομα…[…] τησον περὶ …[…] κον μοι ἐπεὶ γὰρ[…] σερ…αλ…[…] σου απετ…[…] ἔρρωσ…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145000
Letter to Dikebalos asking about leave from the curator TM 145000Didymoi
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Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a man named Dikebalos. The writer says he asked the curator (fort commander) for leave to come to him; a will is mentioned and something is to be sent.
In English machine translation
[…] to Dikebalos […] greetings. I asked the curator for leave (?) [so that I might come] to you and […]
[…]
will (testament) […]
Send so that […]
[…]
[…] about […]
[…] to me, since [for] […]
[…]
your […]
Farewell […]
The curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert fort; kommeatos is the Latin commeatus, military leave. The sender's name is lost, and Dikebalos appears to be a Thracian name.
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.