o.oasis.Sarm9
Σαρμάτης ἐπιμελητὴς … τῷ δεῖνι γεωργῷ χαίρειν. παράσχου …[…] ὑπο…… Κλαυδίου […]μὴ ἀμελήσης Σεσημ… ἐγὼ Χαρείσιος Ἰωσῆφ[…] Παῦλος …… Ἐπεὶφ …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23818
Order from the overseer Sarmates to a farmer TM 23818Oasis Parva403 - 413 (?)
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A short order for payment or delivery on an ostracon from the Small Oasis (Bahariya), sent by Sarmates, an epimeletes (overseer), to a farmer, instructing him to provide something and not to neglect it. It is signed or witnessed by Chareisios son of Ioseph and a Paulos, and dated in the month of Epeiph.
In English machine translation
Sarmates, epimeletes […] to […], farmer, greetings. Provide […]
under (?) […] of Klaudios […] Do not
neglect (?) […] Sesem[…]
I, Chareisios son of Ioseph […]
Paulos […]
Epeiph […]
The epimeletes was an official responsible for supervising deliveries or estates; the item to be supplied is lost. The order is classed as a payment order (Zahlungsanweisung).
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.