cpr.8.33
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Νεαρχίδῃ Ἀμμώνιος χαίρειν. κέλευσον παρασχεθῆναι Ἑρμῆτι σίτου ἀρτάβας δέκα καὶ Σύρῳ ἀρτάβας πέντε , γίνονται ὁμοῦ ἀρτάβαι ιε. Ἀμμώνιος σεσημείωμαι. ἔρρωσο διὰ παντός.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32357
Order from Ammonios to Nearchides to pay wheat to Hermes and Syros TM 32357HermopolitesIV
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A short payment order in letter form in which Ammonios instructs Nearchides to issue wheat: 10 artabas to Hermes and 5 to Syros, 15 artabas in all. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Nearchides, Ammonios, greetings.
Order that there be provided to Hermes 10 artabas of wheat and to Syros 5 artabas, total together 15 artabas.
I, Ammonios, have signed.
Farewell always.
"Brother" is a customary courtesy form of address and need not imply kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsauftrag an Nearchides). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.