o.claud.2.296
Ἀχιλλᾶτι. ἔπεμψά σοι τὸ πάλλιόν σου ἐπιγεγραμμένον ὀνόματί σου πλατέοις γράμμασιν.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29709
Letter to Achillas about sending his cloak marked with his name TM 29709Mons Claudianus2. Hälfte II
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A brief letter on an ostracon addressed to Achillas, telling him that the writer has sent his cloak, marked with his name in large letters. It comes from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, second half of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
To Achillas. I have sent you your cloak, inscribed with your name in broad letters.
The pallion was a mantle or cloak; writing the owner's name on it in large letters helped identify garments at the quarry station.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre à Achillas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.