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An ostracon letter from Demetras to the decurion Publius at Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. He reports that the stonemason Nemonis has not reported for work at the watering station, and that baskets brought from Raima were taken to Claudianus instead of the station, and he asks that they be sent.
A hydreuma was a fortified watering station on the desert roads. The word translated 'stonemason' (sklerourgos) refers to a worker in hard stone at the quarries.
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 Demetras à Publius, decurio). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Δημητρᾶς Πουπλίωι δεκουρίωνι χαίρειν. γείνωσκε Νεμώνιν σκληρουργὸν μὴ ὑπακηκοέναι ἰς τὸ ἔργον τοῦ ὑδρεύματος. διὸ ἔγραψά σοι ἵνα εἰδῇς. ἔρρωσο. σφυρίδια καὶ κοφίνια τὰ ἐνεχθέντα ἀπὸ Ῥαιμα οὐ τέθεικαν ἰς τὸ ὕδρευμα, ἀλλὰ λέγουσιν αὐτὰ εἰσενηνοχέναι ἰς Κλαυδιανόν. κέλευσον αὐτὰ ἐνε…
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