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A short private letter on an ostracon from Petenephotes to his 'brother' Valerius, asking him to collect a small basket from Longinas and pass it on, to have Apollonios make something and send it, and to send a little cress. It comes from the Roman fort of Tiberiane in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
The carrier's name appears both as Longinas and Longas, apparently the same man. The object Apollonios is to make is not named ('this'), and kardamon is cress, a common garden herb.
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 an 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.
Πετενεφώτης Οὐαλερίωι τῶι ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. κόμισαι παρὰ Λογγινᾶτος τὸ σφυρίδιον καὶ δώσις αὐτὸ τῶι ἀνθρώπῳ. ἐρῖς Ἀπολλωνίωι ὅτι ἐρωτηθεὶς ποίησόν μοι τὸ τοῦτο καὶ πέμψον μοι αὐτὸ διὰ Λογγᾶτος ἐπὶ χρίαν αὐτοῦ ἔχω. γράψον περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. πέμψον μοι …
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