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Ἀπόλλων Μάγνου Παευς Πατιμ γεωργῷ χαίρειν δὸς τῷ Ασῇ σίτου ἀρτάβην μίαν γίνεται σίτου ἀρτάβη α ὑπὲρ φόρου η ἰνδικτίωνος. σεσηείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτός.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34223
Order to a farmer to deliver wheat to Ases for rent TM 34223Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon order for delivery addressed to a farmer, instructing him to give one artaba of wheat to a man named Ases as rent payment for the 8th indiction. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Kharga Oasis and dates to the second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Apollon son of Magnos and Paeus son of Patim (?), to the farmer, greetings.
Give to Ases 1 artaba of wheat, total wheat 1 artaba, on account of rent of the 8th indiction.
I, the same, have signed.
The opening is ambiguous: it may name two issuers (Apollon son of Magnos and Paeus son of Patim) or a farmer Paeus son of Patim as addressee. 'Phoros' here means rent paid in kind.
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.