o.waqfa.8
Ἀπόλλων Μάγνου Ἀμμωνίῳ γεωργῶι χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀπόλλων Ἑρμ σίτου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβας τρεῖς καὶ κριθῶν ἀρτάβην μίαν γίνονται σιτοκρίθου ἀρτάβαι δ ὑπὲρ φόρου ε ἰνδικτίωνος σεσημείωμαι ἐγώ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34213
Order to a farmer to deliver wheat and barley as rent TM 34213Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An order on an ostracon from Apollon son of Magnus instructing the farmer Ammonios to deliver 3 artabas of wheat and 1 artaba of barley to Apollon son of Herm[…] as rent for the 5th 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 Ammonios, farmer, greetings. Give to the brother Apollon son of Herm[…] 3 artabas of wheat by the estate-owner's measure and 1 artaba of barley, total 4 artabas of wheat and barley, on account of the rent of the 5th indiction.
I have signed.
The 'geouchic measure' was the measure used by the landowner of the estate. The second Apollon's patronymic is abbreviated as Herm(…), so its full form is uncertain.
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.