o.claud.1.168
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] με Κελερᾶν […] θρώτερος ησα…[…] ὅτι μοι οὐκ ἔγραψας[…] κας. ἐρωτῶ, ἄδελφε, γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου[…] ἤκουον ὅτι καταβαίνεις …[…] καθʼ ἡμέραν εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ἐκαθήμην προσδοκῶν σε ὡς ἔλθῃς. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24176
Letter to a brother reproaching him for not writing TM 24176Mons Claudianus
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End of a private letter on an ostracon from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. The writer complains that his 'brother' has not written, asks for news of his health, and says that having heard he was coming down, he sat by the road every day waiting for him.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] … […]
me Keleras […]
…-er (?) … […]
that you did not write to me […]
[…]. I ask you, brother, write to me
about your well-being […]
I heard that you were coming down … […]
every day on the road
I sat expecting
you to come.
Farewell.
The beginning of the letter is lost, including the names of sender and addressee; 'brother' may be a term of affection rather than kinship. Keleras is a personal name mentioned in the damaged opening lines.
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.