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A private letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos, complaining that they never write back and sending three bundles of beets and one of chicory through a certain Eutych[…] to be shared among them. It comes from the Roman quarry settlement at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
A curator (kourator) was an official in charge of a fort or station on the desert roads. The writer mixes singular and plural address, and says 'both' though addressing three people.
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.
Διόσκορος Δράκωνι καὶ Ερεμεσις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ κουράτορι ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς φιλτάτοις πολλὰ χαίρειν. καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ τοῦ πραισιδίου καὶ τῶν ὀρέων ὅπου ἐπιξενοῦμαι. ποσάκις ἔγραψα ὑμῖν οὐδεὶς ὑμῶν γράψας μοι; κομίσατε παρὰ Εὐτυχ σευτλίων δέσμας γ καὶ ἄλλην δέσμ…
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