p.louvre.bawit.3
† ⲉⲡλόγος ⲛⲡμάγειρος ⲛⲡἀμιρᾶς· οἴνου κνίδιον … […]…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 341819
Order for wine for the cook of the amir TM 341819Bawit (Hermopolites)VIII
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A fragmentary Coptic order for the payment or delivery of wine, issued on account of the cook of the amir (an Arab official). It comes from the monastery of Bawit in the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† On account of the cook of the amir: of wine, knidion (jar) […]
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The amir (Arabic amīr) was a Muslim governor or official of early Islamic Egypt. The knidion was a standard wine jar used as a unit of measure; the quantity is lost.
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 de vin). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.