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Ἰωάννης Βησᾶς Πουλη γεωργῷ χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἰωάννῃ οἴνου χρητην μίαν γίνεται οἴνου χρητη α. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἰωάννης.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34219
Order to the farmer Poules to deliver wine to brother Ioannes TM 34219Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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A short order for delivery in which Ioannes Besas instructs the farmer Poules to give one measure (chrete) of wine to a brother named Ioannes. 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
Ioannes Besas to Poules, farmer,
greetings. Give to the brother
Ioannes one chrete of wine, total 1 chrete of wine.
I, Ioannes, have signed.
The chrete is a local wine measure of uncertain capacity. 'Brother' may indicate a monk or fellow Christian rather than a sibling.
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.