One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31606

Order to give wheat to Mikra for sale TM 31606Panopolis1. Hälfte III

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A short order instructing someone to give 7 artabas of wheat to a woman named Mikra for sale, noting that 5 artabas have already been given to a weaver. It comes from Panopolis in the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Give to Mikra for sale 7 artabas of wheat, of which I have given to the weaver 5 artabas.

Mikra may be a personal name or the word "little one"; the relation of the 5 artabas to the 7 is not fully clear.

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.

p.michael.109

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte III · Panopolis

δὸς τῇ Μικρᾷ εἰς πρᾶσιν πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ζ ὧν δέδωκα τῷ γερδίῳ ἀρτάβας ε.