o.did.460
χαῖρε Μένανδρε […] […]…ις σε ἀσπάζεται […]ηασα εἰς Κόπτον ἀνέκαμψα καὶ […]το καὶ μάχην ποιῆσαι διὰ τοῦ […]υτο[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145021
Fragmentary letter to Menandros mentioning Koptos TM 145021Didymoispätes II - frühes III
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Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon addressed to Menandros, mentioning greetings, a journey to Koptos and a return, and something about a fight. It was found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert and dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Greetings, Menandros […]
[…] greets you. […] to Koptos, I returned and
[…] and to make a fight (?) through the
[…]
[…]
Found at the north-west corner of the fort. The restoration of Koptos and the sense of the 'fight' passage are uncertain.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.