o.claud.2.300
Ἀλέξανδρος Μαύρῳ καὶ […] τίῳ τοῖς φιλτάτοις χαίρειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσητε κομισάμενοι παρὰ Ψενοσῖρις καμηλίτου χαλκίνην εἰς συνπλήρωσιν τῆς τιμῆς[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29713
Letter from Alexandros to Mauros about money sent with a camel-driver TM 29713Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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Private letter on an ostracon from Alexandros to Mauros and a second man, sending greetings and asking them to collect from the camel-driver Psenosiris a bronze sum toward completing a price. It was found at the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Alexandros to Mauros and […]tios, his dearest ones, greetings. And I make your obeisance before the gods here.
Please receive from Psenosiris the camel-driver a bronze (coin?) toward completing the price […]
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The abbreviation cha(lk-) refers to bronze, probably a bronze coin or vessel; its exact sense is uncertain. The second addressee's name is incompletely preserved, and the end of the letter is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettres d’Alexandros à Mauros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.