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Order to a wine-steward for payments of wine to various recipients TM 20780OxyrhynchusA.D. 503

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An order from Ioannes, a comes, to his wine-steward Phoibammon to issue a total of 18 double jars of wine to various people, including villagers from Sepho and Kesmouchis who had delivered vegetables, a carpenter, a doorkeeper of the church of Saint John, and field-guards. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 19 December 503.

In English machine translation

† Ioannes, comes, to Phoibammon, wine-steward. Supply to those from Sepho who brought vegetables 2 double jars; to Didymos, carpenter of Alexandria, 1 double jar; and to those from Kesmouchis who brought vegetables 2 double jars; to Megalos of the stationarii 1 double jar; to the fishermen of Kesmouchis through Kaleonistes 1 double jar; to the doorkeeper of Saint John through Phib the symmachos 1 double jar; to the villagers of the Martyr (shrine) through Phib the symmachos 1 double jar; to the field-guards of the great eirenarch's office who guard the opposite bank 6 double jars; to the village labourers 2 double jars; total of the order, eighteen double jars. Year 180 (and) 149, Choiak 22, 12th indiction. Total 18 double jars only. † I have signed for eighteen double jars of wine, total 18 double jars of wine, to Phoibammon, wine-steward. In the month of Choiak 22, 12th indiction.

The 'double jar' (diplon) is a wine measure, a double keramion. The year is given by the two Oxyrhynchite eras (180 and 149), alongside the indiction.

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 of 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.

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Order for payment of wine

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · uninventoried · A.D. 503 · Oxyrhynchus

Order from John, a comes, to his butler Phoebammon to make certain payments of wine to various individuals. The amounts are given in dipla, sc. keramia, and among the recipients are the inhabitants of two villages or hamlets, Sepho and Kesmouchis, who ha

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p.oxy.1.141

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 19. Dez. 503 · Oxyrhynchos

† Ἰωάννης κόμης Φοιβάμμωνι οἰνοχειριστῇ· παράσχου τοῖς ἀπὸ Σεφὼ ἐνεγκοῦσι λάγανα διπλᾶ β, Διδύμῳ τέκτονι Ἀλεξανδρείας διπλοῦν α, καὶ τοῖς ἀπὸ Κεσμούχεως ἐνεγκοῦσι λάγανα διπλᾶ β, Μεγάλῳ ἀπὸ στατιοναρίων διπλοῦν α, τοῖς ἁλιεῦσι Κεσμούχεως διὰ Καλεωνίστου διπλοῦν α, τῷ θυρουρῷ τοῦ …