p.oxy.10.1335
Ἰωάννης Σερήνῳ μαγείρῳ. παράσχου τοῖς παιδίοις τοῦ κόμιτος Διογένους κρέως λίτρας ἓξ μόνας. ἔτους ρνη ρκζ Φαμενὼθ ιβ ε ἰνδικτίονος. σεσημείωμαι κρέως λίτρας ἓξ μόνας
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21813
Order to a butcher to supply meat to the servants of the comes Diogenes TM 21813Oxyrhynchos8. März 482
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A short written order in which Ioannes instructs the butcher Serenos to supply six pounds of meat to the servants of the count Diogenes, with a signed confirmation. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 8 March 482.
In English machine translation
Ioannes to Serenos, butcher.
Supply to the servants of the comes Diogenes 6 pounds of meat, only.
Year 158 127, Phamenoth 12, 5th indiction. I have signed for 6 pounds of meat, only.
The double year figure (158 127) follows the two Oxyrhynchite eras used in Late Antiquity. 'Comes' (count) is a Late Roman honorific or official rank; 'paidia' may mean servants or slaves rather than children.
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 Meat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.