o.claud.1.133
Ῥουστικὸς Σουκκέσσῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἂν θέλῃς πέμψαι ἡμῖν σχοινία σεβένινα καὶ[…] παδες. ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἐπεὶ ἀνάνκη ἐστὶν[…] Λονγειν[…] ηνε…[…] παν[…] …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24145
Letter from Rusticus to Successus requesting palm-fibre ropes TM 24145Mons Claudianusca. 107
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Fragmentary ostracon letter from Rusticus to Successus asking him to send palm-fibre ropes and another item, and urging him not to neglect the request because it is necessary. It comes from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus, around AD 107.
In English machine translation
Rusticus to Successus, greetings.
You will do well, if you please, to send us palm-fibre ropes and […] […]. See that you do not neglect it, since it is necessary […]
Longinus (?) […]
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Sebenina are ropes made of palm fibre. The second item requested is lost; the surviving ending -pades may belong to a word such as lampades (torches), but this 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 Request from Rusticus to Successus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.