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Letter from Didymos to Drakon and others TM 29660Mons ClaudianusMitte II

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A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus, in which Didymos greets Drakon, Eremesis and Ammonianos and makes obeisance for them before the Tyche (Fortune) of Kampe. He asks Drakon to write about his health and to look after whatever Paniskos asks of him, promising to reimburse his expenses.

In English machine translation

Didymos to Drakon and Eremesis and Ammonianos, all (?), many greetings. And I make your obeisance before the Tyche of Kampe. Brother Drakon, write to me about your well-being. Whatever Paniskos tells you, take care of it as you would do for yourself, so that I may thus send to you from there (?) whatever you spend.

Kampe is a local place name; the Tyche of Kampe was a local protective deity invoked in greetings. The final clause is grammatically loose, and 'whatever you spend' appears to mean the writer will repay the costs.

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

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o.claud.2.237

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte II · Mons Claudianus

Δίδυμος Δράκωνει καὶ Ερημησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ ἀμφοτέροις πολλὰ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ Καμπῆτος. ἄδελφε Δράκων, γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ σοι Πανίσκος περιποίησον ὡς σεαυτῷ ποιεῖς ἵνα οὕτως πέμπω σοι αὐτοῦ. ὃ ἐὰν δαπανήσῃς.