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A private letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos, sent from the quarry region of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert. He reports sending a three-jar container, complains that he has not received a copy, asks for small fish at a denarius each, and sends greetings.
A curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert fort or station. The 'trikeramion' was a container or measure of three keramia (jars).
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.
[r] Διόσκορος Δράκωνι καὶ Ερημησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ κουράτορι ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς φιλτάτοις πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ τοῦ πραισιδίου καὶ τῶνὀρέων ὅπου ἐπιξενοῦμαι. τὰ νῦν ἔπεμψά σοι τὸ τρικεράμιον καὶ οὐκ ἔπεμψες μοι [v…
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