p.oxy.12.1568
[r] Θωνίῳ ὀρνιθᾷ παρὰ Σαραπίωνος. δὸς εἰς γενέσια Πανάρους τοκάδες δύο, γίνονται β, ᾠὰ εἴκοσι, γίνονται ᾠὰ κ. ἔτους ιγ Φαῶφι α. σεσημείωμαι. [v] [… 3 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21932
Order to a poultry-dealer for hens and eggs for a birthday feast TM 21932Oxyrhynchites28. Sept. 265
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A short order from Sarapion to the poultry-dealer Thonios to supply two laying hens and twenty eggs for the birthday celebration of Panares. It was written in the Oxyrhynchite nome on 28 September 265.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Thonios, poultry-dealer, from Sarapion.
Give for the birthday feast of Panares two laying hens, total 2,
20 eggs, total 20 eggs. Year 13, Phaophi 1.
I have signed.
[verso]
[… 3 lines lost …]
The Greek 'genesia' here refers to a birthday celebration. The three lines on the back are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to a Poultry - dealer). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.