o.oasis.Bahria10
Ἀθανάσιος Πέτρος πρεσβυτέρος κώμης Πόκα χαίρειν. παράσχου Φηοῦς κριθῆς ἀρτάβην μίαν καὶ ἔχε παρά σε τὰ ἄλλα δύο μέτρα μόνον. μὴ αὐτὸν διαβάλῃς ἐπιδε τὰ κατεστα αυτιν ἐπαγομένων δ ἰνδικτίονος ια
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34157
Order from Athanasios to the presbyter Petros to supply barley to Pheous TM 34157Poka (Oasis Parva)IV
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A short order for payment in kind, in which Athanasios instructs Petros, a presbyter (village elder or priest) of Poka in the Small Oasis (Bahariya), to give one artaba of barley to Pheous and to keep two other measures. It dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Athanasios to Petros, presbyter of the village of Poka, greetings.
Provide to Pheous 1 artaba of barley, and keep with you the other two measures only. Do not slander (?) him […]
[…] Epagomenal day 4,
indiction 11.
The end of line 3 and line 4 are garbled in the original Greek and are left largely untranslated. 'Presbyteros' may mean a church priest or a village elder.
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.