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A private letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis, the curator Ammonianos, Petosiris and Paniskos, announcing that bundles of lettuce are being delivered to each of them by Pouonsis and complaining that no reply came about cabbages sent three days earlier. A note in the top margin asks for the price of the recipient's vinegar. It was found at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert.
"Familiaricus" is a Latin-derived title for a member of a household or staff, possibly a soldier's servant; "curator" here is likely a military or station official. The writer's "whether I received them or not" is a slip for "whether you received them".
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.
[msup] γράψον μοι τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ σοῦ ὀξειδίου. [ctr] Διόσκορος Δράκωνι καὶ Ερεμησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ κουράτορι καὶ Πετοσίρει καὶ Πανίσκῳ ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς φιλτάτοις πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομε ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν. κομίσατε παρὰ Πουώνσεως τοῦ φαμειλιαρεικοῦ θριδακίου δέσμας ε μίαν ἕ…
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