p.oxy.17.2139
[r] [… 5 lines lost …] [v] Θώνι ὀρνειθᾷ. δὸς εἰς παράστασιν στρατηγοῦ ὄρνιθας δ δραχμῶν δέκα . […] ἔτους δ, Φαμενὼθ[…],[…] παρὰ Σπαρτιάτου[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27203
Order to a poulterer for birds for the strategos' reception TM 27203Oxyrhynchitesspätes II - frühes III
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A short written order to Thonis, a poultry seller, to supply four birds costing ten drachmas for the official reception of the strategos (district governor). It was issued in year 4, in the month Phamenoth, by Spartiates, in the Oxyrhynchite nome in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… 5 lines lost …]
[verso]
To Thonis, poulterer.
Give for the reception of the strategos 4 birds (for) ten drachmas […]
Year 4, Phamenoth […]
From Spartiates […]
[… lines lost …]
Parastasis here refers to the provisioning of an official on his arrival or visit. The recto text is entirely lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Poultry). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.