One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34208

Order from Paniskos to the presbyter Psilis to supply wheat to Plenis TM 34208Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV

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A short delivery order in which Paniskos instructs the presbyter Psilis to give Plenis 7 artabas of wheat measured by the rent measure. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis and dates to the second half of the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

To my lord father Psilis, priest (presbyter), Paniskos, greetings. Supply to Plenis seven artabas of wheat by the rent measure, total 7 artabas of wheat by the rent measure. I have signed. […] 13th, indiction […]

The 'rent measure' (phorikon metron) was the standard measure used for rents in kind. The last line is damaged; the 13 may belong to the day of the month or to the indiction year.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordres de livraison). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte IV · Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)

τῷ κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ψιλιτι πρεσβυτέρῳ Πανίσκος χαίρειν. παράσχου Πληνι σίτου φορικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβας ἑπτὰ γίνονται σίτου φορικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβαι ζ. σεσημείωμαι […]ος ιγ ἰνδικτίωνος