p.eirene.3.32
ἡ ἁγία ἐκκλησία Σερήνῳ μαγείρῳ παράσχου κρέως λίτρας δέκα γίνονται κρέως λίτραι ι ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ α[…] ἔτους ρξα ρλ […] † σεσημείωμαι κρέως λίτρας δέκα γίνονται κρέως λίτραι ι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 128673
Church order for delivery of 10 pounds of meat TM 128673Oxyrhynchos484 - 485
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An order issued by the church at Oxyrhynchus instructing a supplier, probably a butcher named Serenos, to deliver 10 pounds of meat on a particular feast day. It is dated by the Oxyrhynchite era years 161/130, corresponding to AD 484/485, and carries a signature confirming the amount.
In English machine translation
The holy church to Serenos, butcher (?):
Provide 10 pounds of meat, total 10 pounds of meat, on the
day of the […]
Year 161/130 […] † I have signed for 10 pounds
of meat, total 10 pounds of meat.
The recipient's name and trade, and most of the order formula, are restored on the model of similar church meat orders. The double year numbers 161 and 130 belong to the era system used at Oxyrhynchus.
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.