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A private letter on an ostracon from Apollinaris to his 'brother' Sonnautis, reassuring him that his mother is well and his clothes have been shaken out, and asking him to fill a container with water, collected from a donkey-driver. It belongs to the Mons Claudianus quarry correspondence of the mid-2nd century AD and mentions the site of Raima.
The 'subalarion' (from Latin) seems to be a vessel or bag for water; 'petalia' of dates is uncertain, perhaps a bundle wrapped in palm leaves. 'Brother' may be a term of familiarity rather than kinship.
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 an 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.
Ἀπολινάρις Σονναῦτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. καλῶς ἔχει ἡ μήτηρ σου. ἀμερίμνει περὶ τῶν ἱματίων σου, ἐξετίναξα αὐτά. καλῶς ποιήσεις λαβὼν τὸ σουβαλάριόν μου παρὰ τοῦ ὀνηλάτου τοῦ τὴν πινακίδαν ἔχοντος καὶ πλῆσόν μοι αὐτὸ ὑδάτους. εὑρεῖς δὲ ἐν τῇ σαργάνῃ πεταλίαν φοινικίων ἣν ἐβ…
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