p.bawit.clackson.75
† ⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲕⲟⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲏⲣⲡ ⲛⲡⲉⲓⲉⲃⲓⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲗⲟⲩ διὰ Φιβ † ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲝⲉ ⲛⲫ…ⲕⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϥⲧⲓ ⲡⲉⲓⲝⲏⲥⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲏϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕϫⲛⲟⲩϥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲕⲉ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118077
Order for delivery of wine and oil to a beekeeper TM 118077BawitVIII
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An order on a Coptic ostracon or papyrus from the monastery at Bawit, instructing the recipient to give a jar of wine and other provisions to a beekeeper, through a certain Phib. It ends with a 'sign' (a private token of authenticity) before breaking off. It dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Give a lakote-jar of wine to this beekeeper for the one who brought them (?), through Phib †
and give a lakote-jar of ... (?) to him, and let him give
this xestes of oil into it. And this is the sign:
that you asked him: 'Send a man after Enoch' ...
[…]
The 'sign' (maein) is a recognition token typical of Bawit orders, recalling a conversation so the recipient knows the order is genuine. A lakote is a jar measure and a xestes a small liquid measure; part of line 2 is illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for payment to a beekeeper). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.