Letter from the curator Ammonianus to Antonius Nepotianus TM 29781Mons Claudianus2. Hälfte II

Fragmentary letter from Ammonianus, curator (commander) of the fort at Mons Claudianus, to another curator, Antonius Nepotianus, from the second half of the 2nd century AD. It mentions imperial property, the familiarii (workers), payments in drachmas and obols, rations, and persons named Hermophilos and Dioskoros, with a note on the hour of dispatch.

In English machine translation

Familiarii were a category of workers at the imperial quarries; a cibariates (restored) received or distributed food rations. The closing note records when the letter was sent on, as is usual in military-post correspondence of the Eastern Desert.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Iulius Ammonianus, curator du Claudianus, à Antonius Nepotianus, curator de ...). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.