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A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus, in which Eponychos tells his brothers Paniskos and Patosiris to collect three bundles (probably of vegetables) from Dioskoros and asks them to send him pieces of salted fish quickly because he has none. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD.
The word after "3 bundles" is damaged and probably refers to vegetables (lachana). "Temachia" are slices or pieces, usually of salted fish, a common commodity in the desert quarry letters.
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 Eponychus to Paniscus and Patosiris). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἐπώνυχος Πανίσκῳ καὶ Πατοσῖρι ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν. κομίσασθε παρὰ Διοσκόρου δέσμας γ λαχα…ολ[…] διαμερίζεται αὐτά. ἐρωτῶ ὑμᾶς π…[…] πέμψεις μοι τεμάχια σπουδαίως ἐπεί οὐκ ἔχω. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
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