Letter from Ischyrion to Drakon, Eremeses and Ammonianos TM 29658Mons ClaudianusMitte II

A private letter from Ischyrion to Drakon, Eremeses and Ammonianos, sent at the Roman quarry and fort of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert around the middle of the 2nd century AD. After the usual greeting and prayer before the Fortune of the fort, the damaged text mentions writing to an actuarius (?), a period of 16 months, the mountain, and compulsory services.

In English machine translation

An actarius (here spelled aktarion) was a military clerk responsible for supplies; angareia denotes compulsory transport or labour service, but both words are partly restored or uncertain here."The mountain" probably refers to the quarry district.".replace("","")

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 Ischyrion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.