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A fragmentary letter on an ostracon from Artemas to Successus and Sabinus, found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, around AD 107. It mentions business dealings, the quarry of Porphyrites (Mons Porphyrites), and Artemas complaining that he has no one to write for him daily about the wineskins.
Porphyrites refers to the imperial porphyry quarry of Mons Porphyrites near Mons Claudianus. The word rendered 'I may work' (egazōmai) is a misspelling and its reading is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from [Art]imas to Successus and Sabinus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀρτειμᾶς Σουκέσσωι καὶ Σαβείνωι […]…ω…σ…κυριο…μου εἰ δυ…… …χα…αποκ……μοι δι… πραγματευσάμενοι …τε…και… Πορφυρείτην ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρωπων[…] ……ι…αν δε μηδὲ ποιήσας εἰς Πορφυρ… …εσωμε δέξασθε ε…[…]…ματων ἵνα …μας ἐγάζωμαι καὶ βλέπη λε …ποι … οἶδες γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἔχω τὸν γράφοντά μοι καθʼ ἡμ…
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