p.ifao.3.29
παρὰ τοῦ πρυτάνεως Ἀιῶνι μαγείρῳ χαίρειν δὸς τῷ ἐπιστρατήγῳ κρέως μνᾶς δέκα ἧπαρ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31489
Order from the prytanis to a butcher to supply meat for the epistrategos TM 31489Oxyrhynchos (?)2. Hälfte III
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A short order from the prytanis, the president of the town council, to Aion, a butcher or cook, telling him to supply the epistrategos with 10 minas of meat and some liver. It probably comes from Oxyrhynchus in the second half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
From the prytanis.
To Aion, butcher (?), greetings.
Give to the epistrategos 10 minas of meat, liver
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The abbreviation μαγ( ) is expanded as mageiros, a word meaning cook or butcher. The epistrategos was a senior regional official, and towns had to provision him when he visited.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Billet). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.