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A private letter from Herakleides and Dionysios to Paniskos and Herminos at the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD. They complain that only a small jar of water arrived instead of the promised double jar, ask for a basket to be refilled and sent back, report that the vegetables have not yet grown, and urge the purchase of fish slices.
The word rendered "droppings (?)" (chesmata, perhaps dung used as fertiliser for the vegetables) is obscure. "Temachia" are slices or 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 Lettre d’Hèrakleidès et Dionysios à Paniskos et Herminos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Διονύσιος Πανίσκῳ καὶ Ἑρμίνῳ τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιοῦμεν παρὰ τῇ Τύχῃ τοῦ πραισιδίου. ἔγραψες ἡμεῖν τότε ὅτι ἔπεμψα διπλοκέραμον ὕδωρ. οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν εἰ μὴ μικκὸν κέραμον. κόμισον τὸ σφυρίδιν ὃ ἔπεμψες ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν χεσμάτων ἵνα, ἐὰν …
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