Letter from Isidoros to his sister Serapias about money sent TM 145024Didymoispätes II - frühes III

Private letter on an ostracon from Isidoros to his sister Serapias, written at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. He reports sending her 15 denarii through the fodder-man and asks her to give something to his son's maternal uncle if he comes; the rest is broken.

In English machine translation

The proskynema formula refers to a prayer made on the addressee's behalf before the goddess Aphrodite. The chortarinos was probably the man who supplied or carried fodder for the desert forts. 'Sister' may be a term of affection rather than kinship.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as South-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.