o.claud.2.358
Νεμωνιανὸς Ἀντωνίῳ καὶ Φουρίῳ κουράτορσι πραισιδίων χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσετε Εὐτυχῆτι δόντες κατερχομένῳ εἰς Καινὴν κατὰ πραισίδιον ταβελλάριον. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς θέλω. Νεμωνιανὸς Ἀντωνίῳ χαίρειν. […]…
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24008
Letter of Nemonianus to guard-post curators requesting couriers for Eutyches TM 24008Mons Claudianus138 - 161
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An ostracon letter from Nemonianus to Antonius and Furius, curators of guard-posts (praesidia) on the desert road, asking them to provide Eutyches, who is travelling down to Kaine (Qena), with a courier at each post. A second letter from Nemonianus to Antonius begins below but breaks off. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161, and comes from Mons Claudianus.
In English machine translation
Nemonianus to Antonius and Furius, curators of the guard-posts, greetings.
Please give Eutyches, who is going down to Kaine, a courier (tabellarius) at each guard-post.
I wish you good health.
[Nem]onianus to Antonius, greetings.
[…]
A curator praesidii was the soldier in charge of a fortified post on the Eastern Desert roads. Kaine (Kainepolis, modern Qena) lay on the Nile at the end of the route from Mons Claudianus, and a tabellarius was a courier or letter-carrier.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Nemônianos à deux curatores de praesidium). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.