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[side concave] Πμουν Ἀλεξάνδρου υἱὸς Στεφάνου δέσμ … Ἄμμων Μέρσιος δέσμη α …θος …αρ… δέσμ … σεσημείωμαι … Κλαύδιος … υἱὸς Κόρακος [side convex] Βερρι Εὐφρατ Ἁρποκρατίων ξέσται λβ Ἑρμησία ξέσται λβ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 131098
Account of bundles of hay and xestai of another commodity TM 131098Trimithis (Oasis Magna)
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An ostracon from Trimithis in the Great Oasis recording deliveries by named individuals. On one side bundles (probably of hay) are listed against names, with a signature note; on the other side quantities of 32 xestai of a liquid or other commodity are credited to Harpokration and Hermesia.
In English machine translation
[concave side]
Pmoun (?) son of Alexandros
son of Stephanos, bundle(s) […]
Ammon son of Mersis, 1 bundle
[…]thos […], bundle(s) […]; I have signed.
[…] Klaudios
[…] son of Korax
[convex side]
Berri (?), Euphrat[…]
Harpokration, 32 xestai
Hermesia, 32 xestai
The bundles (desmai) are understood as hay bundles; the xestes was a small measure of roughly half a litre, and the commodity measured is not named. Several names and figures are damaged and uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Accounts of hay and another commodity). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.