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Order from Viktor to deliver barley to Dios TM 34211Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV

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A short delivery order in letter form from Viktor to Viktor, instructing him to give one artaba of barley, measured by the estate measure, to Dios. It was written in the 8th indiction year, in the second half of the 4th century AD, at Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis.

In English machine translation

To my beloved brother Viktor son of Panos(?), Viktor, greetings. Give to brother Dios 1 artaba of barley by the landowner's measure, total 1 artaba of barley by the landowner's measure. I pray for your health. I, the same, have signed. Indiction 8.

The 'geouchic measure' was the measure used by a landowner's estate. 'Panos' may be the recipient's patronymic or part of his name.

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 ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ Βίκτορι Πανος Βίκτωρ χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Δίῳ κριθῶν γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβην μίαν γίνεται κριθῶν γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβη α, ἐρρωσθαί σε εὔχομαι. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτὸς η ἰνδικτίωνος.