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Order to supply wine to a curiosus during the visit of the Augustalis TM 22150Oxyrhynchos6. Nov. 401

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An order from Dioskourides son of Leukadios to Antinoos to supply 30 spathia of wine to Palladios, a curiosus (imperial inspector), on the occasion of a visit by the Augustalis, the prefect of Egypt. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 6 November 401.

In English machine translation

Dioskourides son of Leukadios to Antinoos, greetings. Supply to my lord brother Palladios, curiosus, during the visit of my lord the Augustalis, thirty spathia of wine, total 30 spathia. I have signed: thirty spathia. Year 78 (and) 47, Hathyr 10. Wine, 30 spathia.

A spathion is a wine jar measure of the late period. The curiosus was an imperial agent of the postal and inspection service, and the Augustalis was the prefect of Egypt; the year is given by the Oxyrhynchite double era (78 and 47).

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.

p.oxy.63.4387

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 6. Nov. 401 · Oxyrhynchos

Διοσκουρίδης Λευκαδίου Ἀντινόῳ χαίρειν. παράσχου τῷ κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Παλλαδίῳ κουριώσῳ ἐν τῇ ἐπιδημίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ Αὐγουσταλίου οἴνου σπαθία τριάκοντα, γίνεται σπαθία λ. σεσημείωμαι σπαθία ἔτους οη μζ, Ἁθὺρ ι. τριάκοντα οἴνου σπαθία λ.