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Order to pay barley fodder for horses going to the king's camp TM 2460unbekannt17. Apr. 169 v.Chr.

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An order from Apollonios to another Apollonios to pay out 12 artabas of barley as fodder for the horses of eight men escorting pack animals from the Hermopolite nome to the king's camp. It covers 20 days from Phamenoth 16 to Pharmouthi 5 of year 12, dated April 169 BC, during the Sixth Syrian War.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 12, Phamenoth 15. Barley, by the expenditure measure, 12 artabas. Apollonios to Apollonios, greeting. Measure out, together with the checking clerk, from the produce of year 12, to Apollonios, the escort (?), for himself and 7 others, making 8, who have been sent from the Hermopolite nome together with the pack animals from the same nome being transferred to the camp with the king, the appropriate fodder for the horses from Phamenoth 16 to Pharmouthi 5, at 3 choinikes per horse per day, for 20 days (?) 4 choinikes (?), in total 12 artabas of barley by the expenditure measure, total 12, and make a receipt with him as is customary. Farewell. Year 12, Phamenoth 16. Apollonios: measure out 12 (artabas) of barley, total 12. Year 12, Phamenoth 16. [verso] […] to Apollonios

The phrase rendered 'by the expenditure measure' translates anēlōtikon, a measure used for disbursements. The numeral sign before '4 choinikes' is uncertain, and the sense of ephodos here (escort or inspector) is doubtful.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 17. Apr. 169 v.Chr.

[r] ἔτους ιβ Φαμενὼθ ιε. κριθῆς ἀνηλωτικῶι ἀρτάβαι ιβ. Ἀπολλώνιος Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. μετρήσατε μετὰ τοῦ ἐπακολουθοῦντος ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων τοῦ ιβ ἔτους Ἀπολλωνίωι ἐφόδωι εἴς τε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄλλους ζ ὥστʼ εἶναι η τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου συναπεσταλμένοις τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ πορείο…