Transcription

Διονυσόδωρος Δίῳ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. Καλῶς ποιήσεις· ἐκ τῆς παρουσίας [†τὸ μὲν ἐποιεῖν†] ἐν τῷ Κλαυδιανῷ ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου θερμαστίου, καὶ μοι παρασχόμενος δίμνουν κρέως καὶ πόδα ἕνα ἐκ τῆς πρώτης λύσεως. Καὶ ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὸς μάγειρος, εἰ καὶ συμπαραμαθητής σοι. Ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translation

Dionysodorus to Dio, his lord and brother: greetings. You will do well to … [the wording here is uncertain; it appears to refer to the visit or presence and to doing something at the Claudianum]. Provide me from the private thermastion [a heating vessel or similar item; the word is uncertain] two minas of meat and one foot from the first portion. For I myself am a cook, though I am also your fellow student. I pray that you may be well.

Notes

• The supplied text gives competing or malformed readings at several points. The uncertain sequence marked † is retained only tentatively; its sense cannot be established confidently from the text provided.
• The forms ποιήσεις, ἰδίου, δίμνουν, κρέως, καὶ ἐγώ, and μάγειρος are preferred among the alternatives supplied. “Two minas” is a literal rendering of δίμνουν.
• No Latin text is present.