Letter from Julius Apollinaris to Pamoskeris about quarry water supply TM 24015Tiberiane138 - 161

Letter from Julius Apollinaris, curator of the station at Tiberiane, to Pamoskeris, curator of Mons Claudianus, about work at the quarry, camels and the water supply. He mentions that the cistern has leaked and that he will measure the remaining water and report to the procurator. Written in the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.

In English machine translation

A curator was the military officer in charge of a desert station; the procurator oversaw the imperial quarries. The word rendered 'advance-post' (probolē) is uncertain in this context.

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 Iulius Apollinaris, curator de Tiberianè, à Pamoskèris, curator du Claudianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.