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Letter from Dionysodoros to Dios requesting meat TM 24167Mons Claudianus

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A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Dionysodoros asks Dios to supply him with 2 minas of meat and a foot (trotter) from the first batch. He adds jokingly that he too is a cook, having been Dios' fellow apprentice.

In English machine translation

Dionysodoros to Dios, his lord and brother, greetings. You will do well, from what is at hand, [...] to make (?) at Claudianus from your own kitchen (?), and provide me with 2 minas of meat and one foot from the first opening (of the stock?). For I myself am a cook too, even if I was your fellow apprentice. I pray for your health.

The phrase 'τομενε ποιειν' in line 3 is unclear and its meaning uncertain; 'thermastion' is a heated room or cooking place. 'Lysis' (first 'opening' or 'release') probably refers to the first cut or distribution of meat, but the sense is doubtful.

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 Dionysodorus to Dius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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o.claud.1.159

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mons Claudianus

Διονυσόδωρος Δίῳ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐκ τῆς παρουσίας τομενε ποιειν ἐν τῷ Κλαυδιανῷ ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου θερμαστίου καί μοι παρασχάμενος δίμνουν κρέως καὶ πόδα ἕνα ἐκ τῆς πρώτης λύσις. καὶ ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὸς μάγειρος, εἰ καὶ συμπαραμαθητής σοι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.