One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145007

Closing greetings of a letter mentioning the curator, Diogenes and Didas TM 145007Didymoi

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End of a private letter found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Only the closing greetings survive, addressed to (or sent on behalf of) the curator, Diogenes, Didas and all those who love the recipient, followed by the farewell.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] the curator and Diogenes and Didas and all those who love you. Farewell.

The curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert fort or station. The opening of the letter is lost, so the sender, recipient and purpose are unknown.

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.

o.did.446

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Didymoi

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […] τὸν κουράτορα καὶ Διογένην καὶ Δίδα καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε πάντας. ἔρρωσο.