bgu.3.931
Χαίροις πρινκιπαριω ἐμετρήθη ἀπὸ ἀποθήκης τῆς μέσης ἐλαίου μετρητὰς γ χοῦν α ……
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31245
Receipt for oil measured out from the middle storehouse TM 31245HerakleopolisIII - IV
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A short delivery note or receipt addressed to an officer called the princeps (principarius), recording that 3 metretai and 1 chous of oil were measured out from the middle storehouse. It comes from Herakleopolis and dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Greetings, princeps!
There has been measured out from the middle storehouse, of oil, 3 metretai, 1 chous.
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"Principarius" is a Latinate title for a senior official or officer (princeps). The metretes and chous are liquid measures, the chous being a fraction of the metretes.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lieferungs - Quittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.