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δὸς ποιμένι περὶ ὀψωνίου ἄρακος ἀρτάβας κγ μάτια ε.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31560
Order to pay a shepherd in arakos TM 31560Panopolis1. Hälfte III
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A short order instructing someone to give a shepherd 23 artabas and 5 matia of arakos (a leguminous fodder crop) as payment. It comes from Panopolis and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Give to the shepherd
for his wages (?)
of arakos 23 artabas
(and) 5 matia.
Opsonion normally means provisions or wages paid in kind or cash; arakos is a vetch-like legume. The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.