o.claud.1.171
[ctr] Μενέλαος Μενελάῳ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἐρωτῶ σε, ἐπεὶ διερπάγη μοι ῥόδινον, καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψας μοι τὸ ληκύθιον, ἐπεὶ οὐχ ηὗρον ἐνθάδε ἀγοράσαι. δώσεις δὲ τῷ κομίζοντί σοι τὴν ἐπιστολήν. [ms] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24179
Letter from Menelaos to Menelaos asking for a flask of rose oil TM 24179Mons Claudianus
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A short private letter on an ostracon from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus, in which Menelaos asks another Menelaos to send him a small flask of rose oil because his own was taken and none could be bought locally. The flask is to be given to the bearer of the letter.
In English machine translation
Menelaos to Menelaos, greetings.
Please, I ask you, since my rose oil has been seized (?) from me, please send me the little flask, since I did not find any to buy here. Give it to the man bringing you the letter.
I pray for your health.
The verb restored as diarpage means 'snatched away' or 'stolen'; the exact sense (stolen, lost, or used up) is uncertain. Rhodinon is rose oil or rose perfume, used as a cosmetic and medicine.
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 Menelaus to Menelaus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.