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Ἀπολινάρις Σονσναῦτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. κόμισαι διὰ Λεωνίδου δραχμὴν α τριώβολον καὶ ἀγόρασόν μοι τεμάχια καὶ δὸς Ἀχιλλᾶτι ὀνηλάτῃ ἐπὶ εἰς Αἴγυπτον θέλω πέμψαι. ἀσπάζου Ψενο[…]. ἔρρωσο.
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Letter from Apollinaris to Sonsnaus about buying salted fish TM 29692RaimaMitte II
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A short letter on an ostracon from Apollinaris to Sonsnaus, whom he calls brother, sending 1 drachma 3 obols through Leonides. He asks him to buy pieces of salted fish and hand them to the donkey-driver Achillas so they can be sent to Egypt. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD and comes from Raima in the Eastern Desert.
In English machine translation
Apollinaris to Sonsnaus his brother, greetings. Receive through Leonides 1 drachma 3 obols and buy me pieces of salted fish,
and give them to Achillas the donkey-driver, since I want to send them to Egypt.
Greet Pseno[…].
Farewell.
"Egypt" here means the Nile valley, as seen from the desert stations. The word temachia means cut pieces, usually of salted fish.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Trois lettres d’Apollinaris à Sonsnaus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.