o.claud.1.69
Ἀντωνεῖνος ἑκατοντάρχης στατιωναρίοις χαίρειν. πάρετε ἄνδρας […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24081
Pass from the centurion Antoninus to the station guards TM 24081Mons Claudianus98 - 117
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Opening of a short official letter or pass on an ostracon from the Roman quarry at Mons Claudianus, in which the centurion Antoninus instructs the guards at the road stations to let certain men pass. It dates to the reign of Trajan (AD 98-117).
In English machine translation
Antoninus, centurion, to the stationarii, greetings. Let pass […] men […]
Stationarii were soldiers posted at the guard stations (praesidia) along the desert roads. Passes of this kind let people and goods move along the route; the number and names of the men are 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.