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Pass from the centurion Antoninus to the station guards TM 24069Mons Claudianus

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A short pass or order on an ostracon from the Roman quarry at Mons Claudianus, in which the centurion Antoninus instructs the soldiers at the road stations to let someone through. The name of the bearer is lost; it is dated Phaophi 9.

In English machine translation

Antoninus, centurion, to the stationarii, greetings. Let pass […] Phaophi 9.

Stationarii were soldiers posted at guard stations along the desert roads; such passes authorized travellers or goods to proceed. The name of the person allowed to pass is lost.

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.1.57

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

Ἀντωνεῖνος ἑκατοντάρχης στατιωναρίοις χαίρειν. πάρετε αν α…[…] Φαῶφι θ.