o.claud.2.269
ΝωρβανὸςΤαυρίνῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις κόμισας παρὰ […]καμηλίτου δύο μάτια φάκου […]αυτα καὶ πέμψις μοι […] γράψαι καὶ ἐκ […]… [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23997
Letter from Norbanus to Taurinus about lentils from a camel-driver TM 23997Raimaca. 140
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Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon from Norbanus to his 'brother' Taurinus, asking him to collect 2 matia of lentils from a camel-driver and send something on. It was found at Raima, near Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, and dates to about AD 140.
In English machine translation
Norbanus to Taurinus his brother, greetings. Please be so good as to collect from […] the camel-driver 2 matia of lentils […] and send me […] to write and from […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
A mation is a small dry measure. 'Brother' here is probably a polite form of address rather than a family relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.