bgu.3.932
Ζέννιος Διδύμῳ μαγείρῳ. παράσχου τῷ …… ἐλθόντι μετὰ τοῦ πρεσβευτοῦ τῶν βαρβάρων κρέως λίτρας δέκα γίνονται λίτραι ι. Θεόδωρος Παῦνι ι ι ἰνδικτίονος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33249
Order to supply meat to a member of a barbarian embassy TM 33249HerakleopolisIV - VII
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A short order from Zennios instructing Didymos, a butcher or cook, to supply 10 pounds of meat to someone who arrived with the envoy of the barbarians. It was issued at Herakleopolis on Pauni 10 and signed by Theodoros, in the 4th to 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
Zennios to Didymos, butcher (cook). Provide to the […] who came with the ambassador of the barbarians 10 litras of meat, total 10 litras. Theodoros.
Pauni 10, 10th(?) indiction.
The Greek mageiros can mean cook or butcher; the litra is a Roman pound of about 327 g. The title or name of the recipient is illegible, and the indiction number is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eine Lieferungsanweisung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.