One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 131265

Tag for delivery of wheat to the landowner's house through Ammonios TM 131265Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

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An ostracon from Trimithis in the Dakhla Oasis, written on both faces, recording or labelling a delivery of 2 artabas of wheat to the house of the landowner, made through Ammonios. The second face repeats the note but calls the recipient "my lord".

In English machine translation

[Convex] To the house of the landowner: wheat, 2 artabas, through Ammonios. [Concave] To the house of my lord: [wheat], [artabas] 2, through Ammonios.

The word rendered "landowner" is geouchos, a holder of landed estates. The catalogue describes the piece as an address tag.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Address tag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.trim.1.216

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

[Convex] εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ γεούχου σίτου ἀρτάβας β δι’ Ἀμμωνίου. [Concave] εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ κυρίου μου σίτου ἀρτάβας β δι’ Ἀμμωνίου.