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δὸς ποιμένι περὶ ὀψωνίου μηνὸς Φαρμοῦτι πυροῦ ἀρτάβας β.
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Order to pay a shepherd his monthly wages in wheat TM 31563Panopolis1. Hälfte III
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A short payment order instructing that a shepherd be given 2 artabas of wheat as his wages for the month of Pharmouthi. It comes from Panopolis and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Give to the shepherd, for wages for the month of Pharmouthi, 2 artabas of wheat.
The Greek term opsonion means wages or provisions, here paid in kind as wheat.
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.