o.oasis.Bahria2
Ἰσὰκ Παύλῳ γεωργῷ χαίρειν. παράσχουτῷ πραιποσίτῳ ὑπὲρ τρύγης ια ἰνδικτίονος ὄρνεον α Μεσορὴ κγ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34152
Order to supply a bird to the praepositus for the vintage TM 34152Oasis ParvaIV
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A short order on an ostracon from Isak instructing the farmer Paulos to supply one bird (probably a chicken) to the praepositus in connection with the grape harvest of the 11th indiction. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the Bahariya (Small) Oasis.
In English machine translation
Isak to Paulos, farmer, greetings.
Provide to the praepositus, for the vintage of the 11th indiction, 1 bird.
Mesore 23.
The praepositus was a local official; "ornis" (bird) in such documents usually means a chicken. Payment orders like this could also be classed as receipts or accounts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsanweisung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.