o.did.453
Ἐπώνυχος Ταυρίνωι τῷ φιλτάτῳ πολλὰ χαίρειν· ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ τοῦ ὀνηλάτου δέσμην λαχάνων. ἐξ ὧν … ἀκουσα…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145014
Letter from Eponychos to Taurinos about a bundle of vegetables TM 145014Didymoi
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Opening of a private letter from Eponychos to Taurinos, saying he has sent him a bundle of vegetables by a donkey-driver. Written on an ostracon found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt; the rest is lost.
In English machine translation
Eponychos to his dearest Taurinos, many greetings.
I have sent you through the donkey-driver a bundle of vegetables. Of which […] having heard (?) […]
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The ostracon comes from phase 11 of the fort's rubbish dump; no precise date is recorded.
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.