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† ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲙⲉⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲛϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲃⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ϣⲁⲗⲱⲙ γίνεται σίτου θαλλία ιβ δώδεκα Ἁθύρ δ ἰνδικτίωνος ιε ιη φορά
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140863
Order for twelve sacks of wheat through Shalom TM 140863HermopolitesVIII
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A short Coptic order or note concerning twelve sacks of wheat to be obtained for a gold coin, handled by a man named Shalom. It is dated Hathyr 4 of a fifteenth indiction and comes from the Hermopolite nome in the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Inquire after twelve sacks of wheat for a gold solidus (?)
through Shalom. Total: 12 (twelve) sacks of wheat.
Hathyr 4, indiction 15, 18th payment (?).
The Coptic opening ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ (literally "seek after") and the phrase about the gold coin are open to interpretation; the Greek "thallia" is a sack, used as a unit for grain. The meaning of "18th phora" (payment or instalment) is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bestellung von Weizen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.