ddbdp.2002.2
τὸ βιβλίδιον Ἀκῆς Ἀκήους καὶ τὴν ὑπογραφὴν πέμψον τετρώβολον τῶι Ἀκῆτι ἐλαιουργῷ δέξαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν ζακω[…] καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον ὃν κεκαυκε εἰς τὴν λυχναψίαν ττωτῶν διακόνων 8 rt καὶ περὶ τῆς γυναικός σου μηλεκεμ[…] ιϛ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 100050
Memorandum about a petition and oil for lamp-lighting TM 100050Fundort: Narmouthis (Arsinoites)Ende II - Anfang III
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A short memorandum on an ostracon from Narmouthis in the Fayum, giving instructions about forwarding a petition of Akes son of Akes with its official subscription, paying four obols to Akes the oil-maker, and collecting oil used for lamp-lighting. It ends with a remark about the recipient's wife.
In English machine translation
The petition of Akes son of Akes, and send the subscription.
Four obols to Akes the oil-maker. Receive from him the […]
and the oil which he has burned for the lamp-lighting of the servants (?) 8 […]
And concerning your wife, [do not] neglect […]
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The word after 'receive from him the' is broken and unexplained, and the phrase about the wife is read as 'do not neglect' only tentatively. The 'subscription' is the official's reply written under a petition.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Memorandum). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.