o.claud.2.284
Ζώσιμος Κάστορι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσις, ἄδελφε, πέμψαι μοι ἄρτους δύο. ὧδε γάρ μου σῖτος οὐκ ἀνέβη οὐδέτι. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29701
Letter from Zosimos to Kastor asking for two loaves of bread TM 29701Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A short private letter on an ostracon from Mons Claudianus in which Zosimos asks his 'brother' Kastor to send him two loaves of bread, because no grain has reached him there. It dates to the middle of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Zosimos to Kastor his brother, greetings. Please, brother, send me two loaves of bread. For here no grain has come up for me any more.
Farewell.
'Brother' may be a form of address between colleagues rather than a family relationship. 'Come up' (anebe) refers to supplies brought up from the Nile valley to the desert quarry.
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 Zôsimos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.