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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26505
Receipt for palm-wood javelins requisitioned from Theadelphia TM 26505Theadelphia (Arsinoites)29. Jan. 194
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A receipt issued by Flavius Silvanus, standard-bearer of the prefect's mounted bodyguard (equites singulares), to the village elders of Theadelphia, acknowledging delivery of palm-wood javelins requisitioned from the village and payment of the fixed price. It dates to 29 January 194.
In English machine translation
Flavius Silvanus, standard-bearer of the singulares horsemen of the prefect, to the elders of the village of Theadelphia, greetings. I have received from you the javelins of palm wood apportioned to you, for which I have paid you the fixed price […] publicly (?).
Year 2, Mecheir 4.
The singulares were the horse guard attached to the prefect of Egypt; supplies like these were apportioned among villages as compulsory deliveries, paid at an officially fixed price.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Military Requisitions). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.