o.claud.2.373
Σαραπίων Ἀπολλωνίου κουράτωρ πρεσιδίου Ῥαειμα ΑἰλίῳΣερήνῳ κουράτορι μετάλλουΚλαυδιανοῦ χαίρειν. ἀπέλυσα […]τος πρὸς σὲ Φαρμοῦθι […]ὥρᾳ[…] τῆς ἡμέρας. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29774
Letter from Sarapion, curator of Raima, to Serenus, curator of Mons Claudianus TM 29774Raima2. Hälfte II
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A short official letter from Sarapion, curator of the military post (praesidium) at Raima, to Aelius Serenus, curator of the quarry at Mons Claudianus, reporting that he has sent someone or something to him on a day in Pharmouthi at a stated hour. It belongs to the routine correspondence between desert stations in the Eastern Desert of Egypt in the second half of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Sarapion son of Apollonios, curator of the praesidium of Raima, to Aelius Serenus, curator of the quarry of Claudianus, greeting. I dispatched […] to you on Pharmouthi […], at the […] hour of the day.
I pray for your health.
The edition restores the addressee's name as Aelius Serenus, while one record calls him Aurelius Serenus; the names of sender and addressee are largely restored. A curator (kourator) was the officer in charge of a desert post or 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 Sarapion, curator de praesidium de Raima, à Aurelius Serenus, curator des carrières du Claudianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.