o.claud.2.224
Διόσκορος Δράκονι ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι σε ὑγιαίνειν. κόμισαι τὸ τρικέραμον παρὰ Ἀρτεμιδώρου καμηλίτου. ἀσπάζομαι Ερεμησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανὸν κουράτορα συν […]…νος ἔχεις […]μος ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι.
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Letter from Dioskoros to his brother Drakon about a delivery by camel-driver TM 29647Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Dioskoros to his brother Drakon, telling him to collect a trikeramon (a three-jar container or measure) from the camel-driver Artemidoros and sending greetings to Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos. It comes from the quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Dioskoros to Drakon his brother, many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health.
Receive the three-jar measure (?) from Artemidoros the camel-driver.
I greet Eremesis and Ammonianos the curator, together with […] … you have […]
[…]
I pray for your health.
A trikeramon is a container or measure equal to three keramia (jars), with no exact English equivalent. The curator (kourator) was an official responsible for supplies or a military post in the desert; 'brother' may be a form of address rather than kinship.
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 Dioscorus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.