Letter from Firmus to Exochus with greetings to fellow duplicarii TM 24156Mons Claudianus

A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Firmus to his 'brother' Exochus at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert. It sends greetings to Meskenion, to fellow duplicarii and to friends, and mentions two staters and a request to send something.

In English machine translation

A duplicarius was a soldier on double pay, here evidently colleagues of Firmus and Exochus. The related record treats this as one of two letters from Firmus to Exochus.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Letters from Firmus to Exochus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.