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An order from Apphous and Isidorianus to the wine steward Chairemon to issue one jar of wine to Sarapion of Sebennytos, a recruit who volunteered for the army as part of the levy owed by a landowners' estate. It covers four days' rations and was written at Oxyrhynchus on 26 June 364.
The year 40 and 9 follows the Oxyrhynchite era count used in the 4th century; the recruit was supplied by the estate to meet its obligation to furnish new soldiers. 'Tiro' is the Latin term for a raw army recruit.
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 Supply Wine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀπφοῦς καὶ Ἰσιδωριανὸς Χαιρήμονι οἰνοχειριστῇ χαίρειν. δὸς Σαραπίωνι ἀπὸ Σεβεννύτου τίρωνι ἐπιδεδωκότι ἑαυτὸν εἰς στρατείαν εἰς τοὺς νῦν κελευσθέντας εἰσενεχθῆναι νεολέκτους ἐπὶ τῆς ζ ἐπινεμήσεως ὑπὲρ τῆς οὐσίας τῶν κυρίων μου γεούχων καὶ νῦν ὑπὲρ ἡμερῶν δ τῶν ἀπὸ Ἐπεὶφ β ἕως ε ο…
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