Letter from Aphroditous to Boubas asking for documents and supplies TM 219291Xeron Pelagos

A private letter, probably on an ostracon, from a woman named Aphroditous to her 'brother' Boubas at the Eastern Desert station of Xeron Pelagos. She asks him to send some documents safely and to buy and send whatever supplies he can find, since they are in difficulty because there is no conductor (supply contractor), and she sends greetings to Komon.

In English machine translation

The conductor (Latin loanword) was presumably the contractor responsible for supplying the desert fort, whose absence left the writer short of provisions. The sender's name Aphroditous is a feminine form; 'brother' 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 Conductor praesidii). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.