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κυρίοις μου ἀδελφοῖς Ἀπόλλων καὶ Παπνουθ… Αβραμ σιγνίφερος χαίρειν. σπούδασον ἀπόστειλον μοι τὰ δύσωνα ξύλα καὶ ταύτῆς τῆς ὑπηρεσίας δρᾷ ἀλλʼ ὅρα ἀπόστειλον. ὁ τρίβουνος τῆς …περες…νέρχεται σήμερον εἰς Κύσιν.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34284
Letter from the signifer Abram asking for wood to be sent TM 34284Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon letter from Abram, a standard-bearer (signifer), to his brothers Apollon and Papnouthios, urgently asking them to send him some pieces of wood, because a tribune is arriving at Kysis that day. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis (Kharga), second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lords brothers Apollon and Papnouth(ios) (?), Abram, signifer, greetings.
Hurry, send me the two (?) pieces of wood, and of this service […] see to it and send them. The tribune of the […] is coming today to Kysis.
The phrase 'τὰ δύσωνα ξύλα' is obscure; 'two pieces of wood' is a guess. Kysis is the fortified settlement at Dush in the southern Kharga Oasis, and a signifer was a military standard-bearer.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.