o.claud.2.297
Νεμεσίων Η[…] τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. πέμψον μοι τὸ τετράδερμα […]λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ …[…] κακ…[…] δ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29710
Letter from Nemesion requesting a tetradermon TM 29710Mons Claudianus2. Hälfte II
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a private letter on an ostracon from Nemesion to a dear friend whose name is lost, asking him to send a 'tetradermon', apparently something to be collected from another person. 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
Nemesion to H[…], his dearest, greetings. Send me the tetradermon […] having received from […]
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Tetradermon literally means 'four-skin', probably a leather item made of four hides; the exact object is uncertain.
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 Némésiôn). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.