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Pass from Antoninus to the stationarii for two men TM 24066Mons Claudianus

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A short pass (laissez-passer) on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Antoninus instructs the guards at the watch-posts (stationarii) to let two men through. It is dated to the 10th of Thoth, with no year given.

In English machine translation

Antoninus to the stationarii, greetings. Let pass two men. Thoth 10.

Stationarii were soldiers manning guard posts along the desert roads; such passes authorised travellers to move between posts. The number of men is partly restored.

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.

o.claud.1.54

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

Ἀντωνεῖνος στατιωναρίοις χαίρειν. πάρετε ἄνδρας δύο . Θὸθ ι.