Letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos TM 29655Mons ClaudianusMitte II

A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos, with the usual greetings and obeisance before the local gods. He mentions a message received, greets Kopres, asks for fish(?) and sends a bundle of beet to be shared. It comes from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

A curator (kourator) at Mons Claudianus was an official in charge of a station or of supplies. The sender's and first addressee's names are restored, and the request for fish is a restoration.

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.