o.claud.2.229
Διόσκορος Δράκωνι καὶ Ερεμησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς φιλτάτοις πολλὰ χαίρειν. κομίσασθε παρὰ Πουῶνσις δέσμην καυλίων εἰς ἕκαστον. ἐὰν κομίσησθε τὰ καυλία, γράψον μοι καὶ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν. ἐρρως[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29652
Letter from Dioskoros about bundles of cabbages sent via Pouonsis TM 29652Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and Ammonianos, telling them to collect a bundle of cabbages each from Pouonsis and asking them to confirm receipt and report on their health. It comes from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in the mid-2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Dioskoros to Drakon and Eremesis and Ammonianos, both (?) dearest ones, many greetings. Receive from Pouonsis a bundle of cabbages for each. If you receive the cabbages, write to me also about your well-being.
Farewell […]
The letter calls the three addressees "both" (amphoteroi), apparently a slip by the writer. Kaulia (cabbage stalks or heads) were a common vegetable delivered to the desert stations.
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.