o.claud.2.377
[…]ῳ κεντυρίωνι Λουτάτις […]κουράτωρ πραισιδίου […] χαίρειν. […]κεφάλια ι […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29778
Letter from Lutatius, curator of a fort, to a centurion TM 29778Mons Claudianus2. Hälfte II
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Fragment of a letter on an ostracon from Lutatius, curator of a fort (praesidium), to a centurion whose name is lost. Only the opening and a mention of ten kephalia survive. It dates to the second half of the 2nd century AD and comes from Mons Claudianus.
In English machine translation
To […] centurion, Lutatius,
[…] curator of the fort […]
[…] greetings.
[…] 10 heads (?) […]
The curator praesidii was the soldier in charge of a small fort or way station in the Eastern Desert. The word kephalia ('heads') is ambiguous here and may refer to items, units or persons.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lutatius, curator du praesidium de [...], à [...]us, centurio). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.