o.did.452
Ἑρμίας Εὐδαίμ… χαίρειν· ἔπεμψά σοι μνᾶν κρεᾴδιων χοιριδίου διὰ Ὀμβρικίου στρατιώτου καὶ δήλωσόν μοι εἰ ἔλαβες ἢ οὐκ ἔλαβες. ἐζήτηκα ἁλὸς καὶ οὐχ εὕρηκα ἐνθάδε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145013
Letter from Hermias to Eudaim[…] about piglet meat sent with a soldier TM 145013Didymoi
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A short private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. Hermias tells Eudaim[…] that he has sent a mina of piglet meat through the soldier Ombrikios, asks for confirmation of receipt, and reports that he could find no salt where he is.
In English machine translation
Hermias to Eudaim[…], greetings.
I sent you a mina of piglet meat through Ombrikios the soldier, and let me know whether you received it or not. I looked for salt and did not find any here.
I pray for your health.
The recipient's name is damaged and could be Eudaimon or a similar name. The mina is a unit of weight, roughly half a kilogram or a little less; the find context is phase 11 of the fort's rubbish dump.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Phase 11 of the Rubbish-Dump). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.