o.claud.2.286
Ὡρείωνι κεντυρίωνι τῷ κυρίῳ Ἀσκληπιάδης χαίρειν. εἰδώς σοῦ τὸ εὐσεβές, ἔγραψά σοι, κύριε, ὅπως παρὰ Σαββᾶτος στρατιώτου σπουδάσεις λημφθῆναι καὶ πεμφθῆναί μοι σείτου μάτια ζ ἐπεὶ ἀσθενέστερός εἰμι. ἄλλον γὰρ θεὸν οὐκ ἔχω ἢ σέ. ἔρρωσο.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29702
Letter from Asklepiades to the centurion Horion asking for grain TM 29702Mons Claudianus2. Hälfte II
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A short letter on an ostracon from Asklepiades to the centurion Horion, asking him to arrange for 7 matia of grain to be collected from the soldier Sabbas and sent to him because he is unwell. It comes from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, second half of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
To Horion, centurion, my lord, Asklepiades, greetings.
Knowing your piety, I have written to you, lord, so that you will take care that 7 matia of grain be taken from Sabbas the soldier and sent to me, since I am rather ill. For I have no other god but you.
Farewell.
The mation is a small dry measure. The phrase "I have no other god but you" is a flattering expression of total dependence on the centurion's goodwill.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre au centurion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.