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An order from Dioskourides to Phoibammon to supply four double jars (diplai) of wine to the slaves or servants of Aetios, a naval commander. It is dated in the Oxyrhynchite era years 78/47, month Pauni, corresponding to May-June AD 402, in the Oxyrhynchite nome.
A diplon is a double-sized wine jar, a standard measure in late antique Egypt. 'Paidaria' literally means 'young slaves' but often denotes servants or attendants.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Supply Wine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… 7 lines lost …] [v] Διοσκουρίδης Φοιβάμμων … … παράσχου τοῖς παιδαρίοις Ἀετίου ναυάρχου ………οις …κω παιδαρίῳ τοῦ αὐτοῦ οἴνου διπλᾶ τέσσαρα γίνονται οἴνου διπλᾶ δ ἔτους οη μζ Παῦνι …. …… γίνονται οἴνου τέσσερα μόνα … δ [… ? lines lost …]
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