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τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ Ταυρίνῳ βοηθῷ Ἑρμαπόλλων βοηθός. παράσχου Ταυρίνῳ τῷ οἰνοπράτῃ οἴνου κνίδια χίλια ἑξακόσια, γίνονται κνίδια Αχ. Ἐπεὶφ ζ ζ ἰνδικτίονος † ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι ἄδελφε. † Ἑρμαπόλλων βοηθὸς … Ταυρίνῳ †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33498
Order to supply wine to Taurinos the wine-seller TM 33498unbekanntEnde IV - Anfang V
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An order from Hermapollon, an assistant (boethos), to his colleague Taurinos, also an assistant, to deliver 1,600 knidia of wine to a wine-seller named Taurinos. It is dated Epeiph 7 of a 7th indiction, in the late 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
To the most honoured Taurinos, assistant,
Hermapollon, assistant.
Supply to Taurinos the wine-seller 1,600 knidia of wine, total 1,600 knidia. Epeiph 7, 7th indiction. † I pray for your health, brother.
† Hermapollon, assistant
… to Taurinos
†
A knidion was a wine jar of standard size, named after the jars of Knidos. A boethos was an assistant or agent, often working for an estate administration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordine di fornitura di vino). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.