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A short private letter from Kastor to Samamois, found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. Kastor complains that he has sent word five times without reply and asks Samamois to give him twelve drachmas, apparently because a certain Kasis does not have them.
Two lines in the middle are damaged, so how Kasis Sklylenas is involved is unclear. The letter is written on an ostracon (potsherd).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Letter from Castor to Samamois). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Κάστωρ Σαμαμόιτι […]χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. ἤδη πεντάκις σοι φάσιν ἔπεμψα καὶ οὐκ ἀντέγραψας. λοιπὸν …[…] δὲ γενόμενον λει…[…] Κάσις Σκλυληνας ἀλλὰ δίδου μοι τὰς δώδεκα δραχμὰς ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔχει. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἔρρωσο. Παχὼν ιε.
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