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A private letter on an ostracon from Julius A[…] to the centurion Alexander, reporting on a girl named Nike whom he had been asked to protect from mistreatment. Found at Mons Claudianus, the Roman quarry site in the Eastern Desert, probably 2nd century AD.
The Greek korasion means a young girl, possibly a slave or servant; the middle of the letter is badly damaged, so the details of the arrangement are uncertain.
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 Iulius A[...] an centurion Alexander à propos d’une fillette). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἰούλις Α…[…]Ἀλεξάνδρῳ κεντυρίωνι τῷ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸςεὔχομαί σε ἰσχύιν καὶ ὑγιαίνιν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. ἐρωτηθείς, κύριέ μου, περὶ τοῦ κορασίου Νίκης ὅπως αὐτὴν ὑπὸ οὐδενὸς ὑβρίζεσθαι, διὰ τὸν σὸν φόβον καὶ τὴν σὴ…
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