Order to deliver lentils to servants TM 20841Memphites31. Dez. 608

A payment order in which Stephanos, 'slave of the Mother of God', instructs Ioannes at Ptolemais to deliver lentils to six servants, each receiving 5 7/8 artabas valued at 5 7/8 carats, for a total of 35 1/4 artabas. It is dated Tybi 5 of the 12th indiction, corresponding to 31 December 608, in the Memphite nome.

In English machine translation

'Slave of the Theotokos' is a humble self-designation of a Christian official or cleric. The servants' names are lost; the six identical entries add up to the stated total.

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