o.claud.2.246
Πετενεφώτης Οὐαλερίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψαι μοι δραχμὰς δ ἵνα λάβω τὸ πιττάκιν καὶ εἰσέλθω τῇ κδ. πέμψον αὐτὸ μετὰ Παχωμι. πέμψον καὶ πιττάκιν μοι ἄγναφον. μὴ ἀμελήσῃς . ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29666
Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius asking for money for a pass TM 29666TiberianeMitte II
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus (Tiberiane) in which Petenephotes asks his 'brother' Valerius to send him 4 drachmas so he can obtain a pittakion (a pass or permit) and enter on the 24th. He also asks for another item to be sent with a certain Pachomis.
In English machine translation
Petenephotes to Valerius his brother, many greetings. Please send me 4 drachmas so that I may receive the pass and go in on the 24th. Send it with Pachomis. Send me also a pass (?) uncarded (?). Do not neglect this.
Farewell.
Pittakion is a small written document, here probably a pass or permit. The phrase 'pittakin agnaphon' is obscure: agnaphos usually means 'unfulled' of cloth, so the second request may be for a piece of unfulled cloth rather than a second pass.
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 Petenephotes to Valerius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.