o.claud.1.151
Σαβῖνος Ζοσίμῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἐρωτηθεὶς ἐπίσχες τοῖς παιδαρίοις μου, μή τις αὐτοῖς ὕβρις γένηται. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι γλυκύτατε.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24162
Letter from Sabinus to Zosimos asking him to look after his slave boys TM 24162Mons Claudianusca. 100 - 120
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Sabinus to his friend Zosimos, asking him to keep watch over his young servants so that no one mistreats them. It was found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus and dates to about AD 100-120.
In English machine translation
Sabinus to his dearest Zosimos, very many greetings.
Please look after my slave boys, so that no harm comes to them.
I pray for your health, sweetest one.
The word paidaria can mean young slaves, servants or simply boys; the request is that no hybris (insult or violence) be done to them.
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 Sabinus to Zosimus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.