o.waqfa.52
συνεφώνησεν Πουλη δοῦναι τοῖς γεούχοις μόνοις ἐλαίου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόας δ γίνονται χόες δ. ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ Κοίρανος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34257
Agreement by Poules to deliver oil to the landowners TM 34257Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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A short ostracon recording that a man named Poules agreed to deliver 4 choes of oil, measured by the landowners' measure, to the landowners alone, in a 12th indiction year. It is signed by Koiranos and comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Poules agreed to give to the landowners alone
4 choes of oil by the landowners' measure, total 4 choes.
12th indiction.
I, Koiranos, have signed.
The 'landowners' (geouchoi) are the estate owners; the 'landowners' measure' was a local estate measure for liquids. The name Poules is rendered from the Greek Πουλη.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conventions). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.