p.gen.4.177
κυρίῳ μοῦ ἀδελφῷ Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ Ὡρίων χαίρειν. παράσχου τοῖς κυρίοις μοῦ σπεκουλάτορσι Ἀμμωνίῳ καὶ Αθ…[…]… κρέως λίτρας διακοσίας, γίνονται λίτραι σ μόναι. ἔτους ξβ, Ἁθὺρ ιη, ὁ αὐτὸς Ὡρίων σεσημείωμαι κρέως λίτρας διακοσίας μόνας.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 129799
Order to supply meat to two speculatores TM 129799Oxyrhynchos14. Nov. 385
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An order from Horion to Artemidoros to deliver 200 pounds of meat to two speculatores (military couriers or police agents), Ammonios and another whose name is damaged. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 14 November 385.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Artemidoros, Horion, greetings.
Supply to my lords the speculatores Ammonios and Ath[…] 200 pounds of meat, total 200 pounds only.
Year 62, Hathyr 18. I, the same Horion, have signed for 200 pounds of meat only.
Speculatores were soldiers on the staff of a governor or army unit who served as couriers, guards and executioners. Year 62 refers to the Oxyrhynchite era, counted from AD 324/5.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de fourniture de viande). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.