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A private letter on an ostracon from Titiois to a brother whose name begins with A, sent with a small basket holding three bundles of turnips and two of mallows. It includes the customary health wishes, an obeisance before the god Ammon, and greetings from Apollonis, Gaionas and the household. It comes from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus, mid-2nd century AD.
"Brother" may be a term of familiarity rather than literal kinship. The word rendered "bundles" (desmai) refers to tied bunches of vegetables, a common unit for greens at Mons Claudianus.
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 Titiois). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Τιτιόϊς Α[…]τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν, ὑγιαίνω δὲ καἰγώ. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἄμμωνι. κόμισαι σφυρίδιν ὅπου δέσμαι γογγύλης τρῖς καὶ μολοχίων δύο. ἀσπάζετε Ἀπολλώνις. ἔρρωσο. καὶ Γαιωνᾶς καὶ οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ. ἀσπάζου τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σ…
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