p.louvre.bawit.1
† […] ἐλαίου ξέστης α εἷς καὶ ὀσπρίων μέτρον α ἕν. […] Χοιὰκ κγ ἰνδικτίωνος ϛ. † Κωνσταντῖνος ἔγραψα. † Γεώργιος στοιχεῖ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 341817
Order for delivery of oil and pulses TM 341817Bawit (Hermopolites)VIII
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A short order for payment or delivery of one xestes of oil and one measure of pulses, dated Choiak 23 of the sixth indiction. It was written by Konstantinos and approved by Georgios. It comes from the monastery site of Bawit in the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[†] […] of oil, 1 xestes, one, and of pulses, 1 measure, one.
[…] Choiak 23, indiction 6. † I, Konstantinos, wrote.
[†] I, Georgios, agree.
Such orders from Bawit usually record allocations made within the monastery. The xestes was a liquid measure of roughly half a litre. The name and title of the payee are lost at the start.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de paiement d'huile et de légumes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.