p.eirene.3.31
† ἡ ἁγία ἐκκλησία Σερήνῳ μαγείρῳ παράσχου τοῖς …[…] κρέως λίτρας δώδεκα γίνονται κρέως λίτραι ιβ […] Χοιὰκ η ἰνδικτίωνος …[…] ἔτους ρξα ρλ Χοιὰκ […] † σεσημείωμαι κρέως λίρτας δώδεκα γίνονται κρέως λίτραι ιβ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 128672
Order from the holy church for delivery of 12 pounds of meat TM 128672Oxyrhynchos27. Nov. - 26. Dez. 484
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An order issued by the holy church of Oxyrhynchos instructing a supplier, probably a butcher, to deliver 12 pounds of meat to certain recipients, with a signed confirmation. It dates to the month Choiak (late November to December) of AD 484.
In English machine translation
† The holy church, to Serenos the butcher(?):
Supply to the […] 12 pounds of meat, total 12 pounds of meat […]
Choiak 8, indiction […]
Year 161 130, Choiak […] † I have signed for 12 pounds of meat, total 12 pounds of meat.
The year is given in the Oxyrhynchite era count (years 161 and 130), typical of orders from this city. The addressee's name and trade are restored by analogy with similar orders.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordine di consegna di carne). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.