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The end of a private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus, written around AD 110, about the purchase of jars (keramia). The writer says a deposit of one stater was paid, asks the recipient to report the price so the balance can be paid, and promises to send jars of meat if transport can be found.
A keramion is a standard jar or amphora used as a unit for liquids and preserved foods. The 'arrabon' is a deposit or earnest money paid to secure a purchase.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as End of a Letter Concerning Amphoras). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] παρὰ Ἀβασκ[…] οτου κεράμια π…[…] σου ἂν πραθῇ εσσω. ἔλαβεν γὰρ ἀραβῶνα στατῆρα. λοιπὸν γράψεις μοι ποίας τιμῆς αὐτὰ ἔλαβες ἵνα ὧδε τὸ πρόσλοιπον δώσομεν τῆς τιμῆς περὶ τῶν κεραμίων τῶν κρεῶν, ἐὰν εὑρήσομεν πῶς πέμψομεν αὐτά, πέμψω σοι αὐτά ἄσπασαι τὴν ἀ…
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