o.did.54
Ψενθώτης κονδούκτωρι Διδύμου ὑδρεύματος χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις δοὺς Κάλβῳ καὶ Σιουῆτι κριθῆς μάτια τέσσαρα γίνεται δ καὶ ἄρτων ζεύγη ὀκτὼ γίνεται η.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144620
Order from Psenthotes to deliver barley and bread to Kalbos and Siouesis TM 144620Didymoi
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A short delivery order on an ostracon from the desert fort of Didymoi, in which Psenthotes asks the contractor (konduktor) of the watering station to issue barley and bread to two men, Kalbos and Siouesis.
In English machine translation
Psenthotes to the contractor of the hydreuma of Didymoi, greetings. Please give to Kalbos and Siouesis 4 matia of barley, total 4, and 8 pairs of loaves, total 8.
A hydreuma was a fortified watering station on the Eastern Desert roads; the konduktor was the civilian contractor supplying it. The mation is a small dry measure.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordres de livraison). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.