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Σέντις Λουκ[…]δω…[…] γίνωσκε Ἀμμωνᾶν κονδούκτορα δεδωκέναι μοι τὸν κιθῶνα λυο[…] πάλλιον μου κόμισαι …[…] πέντε καὶ τέσσερασ[…] κα…ησκαι[…] …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145015
Letter from Sentis mentioning a tunic received from the contractor Ammonas TM 145015Didymoi
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Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. Sentis tells his correspondent that Ammonas the contractor has given him a tunic, and mentions a cloak and some numbers.
In English machine translation
Sentis to Louk[…] […]
Know that Ammonas the contractor has given me the tunic […]
my cloak, receive […]
five and four […]
[…]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
The term kondouktor (Latin conductor) refers to a contractor, probably one supplying the desert forts. The find context is phase 11 of the fort's rubbish dump; no date is given in the records.
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.