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A short letter from Sarapion, commander (curator) of the small fort at Raima, to Aelius Serenus, curator of the quarry at Mons Claudianus, asking him to send two lengths of rope for the fort's needs by the servant Pouonsis. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD, in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
A curator here is the officer in charge of a fort (praesidium) or quarry site; a familiaris was a civilian servant or attendant attached to the post. The words translated 'maintenance' and 'projecting' are uncertain, partly restored terms whose exact sense is unclear.
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 du praesidium de Raima à Aelius 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.
Σαραπίων Ἀπολλωνίου κουράτωρ πραισιδίου Ῥαειμα Αἰλίῳ Σερήνω κουράτορι μετάλλου Κλαυδιανοῦ χαίρειν. ἀπέλυσα Πουῶνσιν φαμηλιάριον. καλῶς ποιήσις πέμψας διὰ Πουώνσιος δύο κόμματα σχοινίον εἰς τὴν ἐπιχρὴν τοῦ πραισιδίου ἐπὶ ἀναε[…] τὴν πορίαν ἢ προβολήν. ἀπέλυσα αὐτὸν[…] ὥρᾳ θ. ἐρρῶσ…
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