One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24009

Circular from Antoninus to the curators of the guard-posts on the Claudianus road TM 24009Mons Claudianus98 - 117

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Fragmentary circular letter from Antoninus to the curators (curatores) of the guard-posts along the road to Mons Claudianus, asking them to give something to Julius Sabinus. It dates to the reign of Trajan (AD 98-117) and was found at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert.

In English machine translation

Antoninus to the curators of the guard-posts of the Claudianus road, greetings. You will do well to give to Julius Sabinus […] […]

Curators (Latin curatores) were soldiers in charge of the small fortified stations (praesidia) along desert roads. What was to be given to Julius Sabinus is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Circulaire d’Antoninus aux curatores praesidiorum viae Claudianae). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.claud.2.359

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 98 - 117 · Mons Claudianus

Ἀντωνεῖνος κουράτορσι πραισιδίων ὁδοῦ Κλαυδιανοῦ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσετε δόντες Ἰουλίῳ Σαβείνῳ κ[…] […]…[…]