One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23813

Receipt of a farmer to his landowner Sarmates TM 23813Oasis Parva403 - 413 (?)

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A fragmentary receipt in which a farmer, probably Isak son of Phileas, acknowledges receiving something from his landowner Sarmates. It comes from the Small Oasis (Bahariya) and is dated around AD 403-413.

In English machine translation

To Sarmates, his own landowner, Isak son of Phileas (?), farmer, greetings. I have received from you on account of […] […] … unworn (?) […] […] … […] year 8 (?) …

The farmer's name is largely restored. The word read as "unworn" (abolon) is a term for a garment or item not yet used; what was received is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 403 - 413 (?) · Oasis Parva

Σαρμάτῃ ἰδίῳ γεούχῳ Ἰσὰκ Φιλήας γεωργὸς χαίρειν. ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ ἀπὸ λόγου[…]…νον ἄβολον […]……… […] ἔτους η… ……