o.claud.1.33
Ἀπολλώνιος Ἡρακλείδηι ἀρχιτέκτονι χαίρειν. κόμισαι διὰ καμηλίτου Δε…ακου σιδήρια . ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24046
Letter from Apollonios to the architect Herakleides about iron tools TM 24046Mons Claudianus
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A short letter on an ostracon from the quarry at Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, in which Apollonios tells the architect Herakleides to receive iron tools sent by a camel-driver. It belongs to the routine correspondence about supplying equipment to the quarry workers.
In English machine translation
Apollonios to Herakleides, architect, greetings.
Receive through the camel-driver De…akos iron tools […].
Farewell.
The camel-driver's name is only partly legible, and the number of iron tools after 'sidēria' is lost. The 'architect' (architekton) was the technical supervisor of quarry operations.
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.