Order to the receiver at Pesla for delivery of wine to a steward TM 15778Pesla (Hermopolites, Ägypten) oder Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)300 - 301

A fragmentary order for the delivery of wine, issued by the brothers Ailianos and Olympiodoros, acting through their father Hyperechios, to Apollonios, the receiver at Pesla, in favour of a steward. It records jars of wine and a price in drachmas and is dated by regnal years corresponding to AD 300-301, from Pesla or Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

The triple regnal year (17, 16 and 9) belongs to the Tetrarchic emperors and gives the date AD 300/301. The 'receiver' (paralemptes) was an official or agent who collected and held goods in kind.

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