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Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. The writer mentions cloaks that were torn, says he has been unable to send anything, and complains that he did not receive a shoe although he is being charged three staters; a sum of 22 drachmas also appears.
The verb rendered "charging" (antiballeis) is uncertain in sense; it may mean "you set against my account". A stater was a 4-drachma coin.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[ctr] [… ? lines lost …] α…β[…]…[…]…χρησαμ[…] γαι παιδα κουφου…λολα…[…] πε…ς μέχρι τα ο…μου τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ περιέσχισεν αὐτὰ ιε…ς καὶ ἀπέδωκα … καὶ οὐ γέγονέ μοι ἐν τούτοις πέμψαι σοί τι. τὸ ὑπόδημα οὐκ ἔλαβα καὶ ἀντιβάλλεις μοι τρεῖς στατῆρες. πέμψον μοι δ…[…]γράψον [ms] […]…πεποί…
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