p.gen.3.134
Ἡρακλείδει. δοθήτωσαν ὥστε τοῖς ἐξαποστελλομένοις εἰς τοὺς Κάτω Τόπους σώμασι δεσμίοις φμ δέοντα τῆς κη καὶ τοῖς οιν ἃ δεῖ λ […]αιωι ξ γίνονται χλ […]α χλ […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29437
Order for supplies to prisoners sent to the Lower Country TM 29437HerakleopolitesMitte II v.Chr. (?)
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An order addressed to Herakleides to issue supplies for the 28th of the month to 540 prisoners being sent to the Lower Country (the Delta), with further allocations and totals. It dates to about the mid-2nd century BC and comes from the Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
To Herakleides.
Let there be given, for the 540 prisoners (bodies in chains) being sent off to the Lower Regions, the necessaries for the 28th,
and to the 50 (?) what is required, 30
[…] 60, total
630
[…] 630
[…]
[…]
"Lower Regions" (Kato Topoi) refers to the Delta region of Lower Egypt. The numerals in lines 7-10 are hard to interpret, and the figure read as 50 is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de fourniture à des prisonniers). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.