o.did.449
Καλόκαιρος Κρονίῳ Φθουσδ…ος χαίρειν· γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ὁ κουράτωρ Διδύμων ἦρκε τὰς σαργάνας καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς. ἔντυχε τῷ ἐπάρχῳ ἵνα ἀπολάβῃς αὐτά. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145010
Letter from Kalokairos to Kronios about baskets seized by the curator TM 145010Didymoi
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A short letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, in which Kalokairos tells Kronios that the fort's curator has seized his baskets and their contents. He advises him to appeal to the prefect to recover them.
In English machine translation
Kalokairos to Kronios son of Phthousd… (?), greetings.
I want you to know that the curator of Didymoi has taken the baskets and their contents. Petition the prefect so that you may get them back.
Farewell.
The curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert fort; the prefect is probably the prefect of Berenike or a similar military superior. The second name in line 2 is partly illegible and may be a patronymic.
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.