An order issued by Phileas for the delivery of 8 artabas of wheat and 2 artabas of vegetable seed to the holy martyr-shrine of an Apa T[…], countersigned by a second hand. It dates to 14 August 398 in the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Phileas.
Deliver to the holy martyrion (martyr-shrines?) of Apa T[…]… 8 artabas of wheat, 2 artabas of vegetable seed; total, wheat 8 artabas, vegetable seed 2 artabas, only.
[recto, second hand]
I have signed for 8 artabas of wheat, 2 of vegetable seed, only.
[recto]
Year 74 = 43, Mesore 21.
[verso]
… 8
…… 2
The date uses the Oxyrhynchite double era (years 74 and 43). Vegetable seed (lachanosperma) was pressed for oil; the saint's name is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Auslieferungsorder). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.