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Order from Ammonios to Tithoes to pay Makarios for barley TM 20276Kellis (Oasis Magna)368 - 369 (?)

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A short order for payment from Ammonios to Tithoes, instructing him to pay Makarios 4,000 talents of silver for five kankella of barley and a further 800 talents for another kankellon to cover expenses. It was written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis, probably in AD 368-369 (12th indiction).

In English machine translation

To my lord brother Tithoes, Ammonios, greetings. Give to our brother Makarios 4,000 talents of silver for 5 kankella of barley, but also without fail for the other one kankellon, for expenses, 800 talents. ⟦…⟧ I pray for your health, brother. Indiction 12.

A kankellon appears to be a local measure of capacity, here used for barley. The huge sums in talents reflect the severe inflation of 4th-century currency.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 368 - 369 (?) · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Τιθοεῖ Ἀμμώνιος χαίρειν. ἀργυρίου τάλαντα τετρακισχίλια ὑπὲρ κριθῶν καγκέλλων πέντε δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Μακαρίῳ ἀλλὰ πάντως καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἄλλου ἑνὸς καγκέλλου ὑπὲρ δαπάνης τάλαντα ὀκτακόσια . ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε. ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος.