Order
A n order for delivary of for 3 aratbas of wheat and 2 artabas of lentils.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219319
Order to pay wheat and lentils as wages to a fuller TM 219319UnknownVth-VIth century A.D.
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An order from Agathinos to his colleague Barbaros to pay Heraklas the fuller 3 artabas of wheat and 2 artabas of lentils as wages. Agathinos adds a summary of the amounts and his signature note.
In English machine translation
Agathinos to Barbaros, his brother, greetings.
Measure out to Heraklas the fuller, for wages, 3 artabas of wheat and 2 artabas of lentils […]
Total: wheat 3 artabas, lentils 2 artabas. I have signed: wheat […]
lentils […]
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One record dates the papyrus to the 5th-6th century AD instead of the late 4th. The word translated "wages" (opsonia) originally meant provisions or allowances paid to workers; "brother" may be a courtesy term for a colleague.
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 Delivery of Wheat and Lentils). 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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Ἀγαθῖνος Βαρβάρῳ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. παραμέτρησον Ἡρακλᾶτι κναφεῖ ὑπὲρ ὀψωνίων σίτου ἀρτάβας τρεῖς καὶ φακοῦ ἀρτάβας δύο … […] γίνονται σίτου ἀρτάβαι γ φακοῦ ἀρτάβαι β . σεσημείωμαι σίτου[…] φακοῦ … [… ? lines lost …]