o.oasis.Bahria6
Ἡρακλείδης Πλόλῳ μοναχῷ χαίρειν. παράσχου Εὐφραντίῳ στρατιώτῃ ἀφʼ ὧν χρεωστεῖς ἀρτάβην α σίτου, ἀρτάβην μίαν σίτου ἀπὸ τοῦ να.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23804
Order to the monk Plolos to supply wheat to the soldier Euphrantios TM 23804Oasis Parva374 - 375
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A short payment order in which Herakleides instructs the monk Plolos to give one artaba of wheat to the soldier Euphrantios, deducted from what Plolos owes. It comes from the Bahariya Oasis (Small Oasis) and dates to AD 374-375.
In English machine translation
Herakleides to Plolos, monk, greetings.
Provide to Euphrantios, soldier, out of what you owe, 1 artaba of wheat, one artaba of wheat, from the [...] (?).
The final phrase "apo tou na" is obscure; it may refer to a stock or account designated by the numeral 51, or be an abbreviation not yet explained. The name Plolos is unusual and may be a scribal error.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsanweisung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.