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Private letter on an ostracon from Norbanus to his 'brother' Taurinus, sending 20 small rods or sticks by the camel-driver Serapion and offering to send whatever else he needs. It dates to about AD 140 and comes from Raima, near Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
'Brother' is a common term of familiarity in letters and need not mean a sibling. The rhabdia may be small sticks, rods or staves; their exact purpose is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre à Taurinos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Νωρβανὸς Ταυρίνωι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς εὖ ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ὑγιαίνω καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῆς κυρίας Ἴσιδος. κόμισαι παρὰ Σεραπίωνος καμηλίτου ῥαβδία εἴκοσι καί, εἴ τι χρίαν ἔχεις, πέμψον μοι φάσιν. ἀσπάσου τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε.ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι…
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