o.did.457
Aelius […] salutem. scias me nil habere quomodo r…[…] enim die[…] …[…]…cal[…] …s…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145018
Fragment of a Latin letter from Aelius TM 145018Didymoi
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Opening of a Latin letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert, sent by a man named Aelius. He seems to say that he has nothing with which to do something; the rest is lost.
In English machine translation
Aelius […]
greetings. [Know that I]
have nothing [with which] … […]
for on the day (?) […]
…[…]…[…]
[…]…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
The catalogue title gives the sender's full name as Aelius Silvinus and places the find at the north-west corner of the fort.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fort: North-West Corner: Aelius Silvinus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.