p.lond.5.1798
Κυρία λαμπροτάτη παράσχου τοῖς ὀνηλάταις τοῦ ὀξέως δρόμου ὑπὲρ λόγου ὁδίων[…] ο…ορος προ ἀρτάβας νϛ καὶ σκ…ουτ…ς ἄλλας ἀρτάβας πεντήκοντα ἓξ[…] ἔτους ρμζ ριϛ Θὼθ κβ θ ἰνδικτίονος. σεσημείωμαι σίτου […] Ἰωσὴφ προνοητὴς Τεβρη
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19769
Order to supply wheat to donkey-drivers of the express post TM 19769Oxyrhynchos19. Sept. 470
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An order addressed to a noble lady (the head of a great household) to supply wheat, apparently 56 plus another 56 artabas, to the donkey-drivers of the express public post for their travel needs. It is dated by the Oxyrhynchite era years and the 9th indiction and signed by Joseph, a steward, at Oxyrhynchus in AD 470.
In English machine translation
To the most illustrious lady.
Supply to the donkey-drivers of the express post, on account of travel provisions […] … 56 artabas and … another fifty-six artabas […]
Year 147 116, Thoth 22, 9th indiction. I have signed for wheat […]
Joseph, steward (pronoetes) of Tebre(?)
The double year (147 and 116) is the Oxyrhynchite era dating used in late antique Oxyrhynchus. The 'express post' (oxys dromos) was the fast branch of the imperial public post, which large estates helped to supply.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.