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Letter from Titianos to Alexas about the donative and vegetables TM 29678RaimaMitte II

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A private letter on an ostracon from Titianos to Alexas, sending greetings to several men and mentioning that the donative (a payment to soldiers) has been dealt with and that there are no vegetables to send. It comes from the Eastern Desert station of Raima in the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Titianos to his dearest Alexas, many greetings. I make your obeisance before the lady Isis. I greet Orsenouphis and Marinos and Leon. We have expunged (?) the donative. At present we have no vegetables to send (?) you. Write to me about your wellbeing. Alexander greets you. I pray for your health.

The verb ἐξπουγεύσαμεν renders Latin expungere, a military accounting term meaning to check off or settle an account; the donativum was a cash gift to soldiers. The word μέμψαι appears to stand for πέμψαι, to send.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Titianos). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte II · Raima

Τιτιανὸς Ἀλεξᾶτι τῷ φιλτάτῳ πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἴσιδι. ἀσπάζομαι Ὀρσενοῦφιν καὶ Μαρῖνον καὶ Λέοντα. ἐξπουγεύσαμεν τὸ δονάτιβον. τὰ νῦν λάχανα οὐκ ἔχομεν ὑμῖν μέμψαι. γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἀλέξανδρος. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομα…