Letter to a brother about a transfer to Kaine TM 145026Didymoispätes II - frühes III

Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written by a soldier to a 'brother'. He makes the customary prayer for him before Aphrodite, asks whether he has moved to Kaine, and mentions the actarius, a letter to be returned and fellow soldiers greeted by name. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Kaine is Kainopolis (modern Qena) in the Nile valley. The actarius was a military clerk; the sense 'moved' or 'transfer' for the restored forms of allassō is uncertain.

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.