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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Νείλῳ μυροπώλῃ Διδύμος βοηθὸς χαίρειν. παράσχου τῷ ἐνώδια φέροντι ἀργυρίου μυριάδας δηναρίων διακοσίας μόνας γίνεται δηναρίων μυριάδες σ. σεσημείωμαι δηναρίων μυριάδας δηναρίων μυριάδες σ. ρια π Παχὼν λ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21274
Payment order from Didymos to Neilos the perfume-seller TM 21274Oxyrhynchos25. Mai 435
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A payment order from Didymos, an assistant, to the perfume-seller Neilos, instructing him to pay 200 myriads (2,000,000) of silver denarii to the bearer. It was written at Oxyrhynchus and dated 25 May 435.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Neilos, perfume-seller, Didymos, assistant, [greetings.]
Pay to the bearer of the earrings (?) of silver [myriads of denarii] two hundred only, total 200 myriads of denarii. I have signed for [myriads of denarii] 200 myriads of denarii.
111, 80, Pachon 30.
The numbers 111 and 80 are Oxyrhynchite era years used for dating. The word read as 'earrings' (enodia) is uncertain in sense and may describe what the bearer brings or refer to him otherwise.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordine di pagamento). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.