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Ἀπόλλων Μάγνου Βίκτορι Πενος γεωργῷ χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ πατρὶ Ἰσοκράτει σίτου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβας δύο γίνονται σίτου ἀρτάβαι β ὑπὲρ φόρου ιε ἰνδικτίωνος. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτός.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34212
Order to a farmer to deliver wheat for rent to Isokrates TM 34212Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon order for delivery in which Apollon son of Magnus instructs the farmer Victor to give 2 artabas of wheat to 'father' Isokrates as rent for the 15th indiction. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis (Kharga) and dates to the second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Apollon son of Magnus to Victor son of Pen(?), farmer, greetings.
Give to father Isokrates 2 artabas of wheat by the landowner's measure, total 2 artabas of wheat, for the rent of the 15th indiction […].
I, the same, have signed.
'Father' may be a title for a cleric or monk rather than a family relationship. The 'landowner's measure' (geouchikon metron) was a measure used on large private estates.
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.