o.claud.1.135
Agathon Successo suo salutem. accepi a Melanippo tunicas duas et palliolum et tunicam albam quam mecum habeo. tu cura id quod tibi mandavi. bene valere te opto.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24147
Letter from Agathon to Successus about clothing received TM 24147Mons Claudianusca. 107
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A short Latin letter on an ostracon from Agathon to Successus, written at the quarry site of Mons Claudianus around AD 107. Agathon confirms receiving clothing (two tunics, a small cloak and a white tunic) from Melanippus and reminds Successus to carry out his instructions.
In English machine translation
Agathon to his Successus, greetings.
I have received from Melanippus two tunics and a small cloak,
and the white tunic, which I have with me.
You take care of what I instructed you.
I wish you good health.
The text is in Latin, unusual among the mostly Greek ostraca from Mons Claudianus. A palliolum is a small cloak or mantle.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Latin Letter from Agathon 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.