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συνεφώνησε Πουλη δοῦναι τοῖς γεούχοις μόνοις ἐλαίου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόας τέσσαρας γίνονται γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόες δ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ Κοίρανος, ιδ ἰνδικτιονος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34258
Agreement by Poulis to deliver oil to the landowners TM 34258Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon recording that a man named Poulis agreed to deliver 4 choes of oil, measured by the landowners' measure, to the landowners alone. It is signed by Koiranos and dated to a 14th indiction year, from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Poulis agreed to give to the landowners alone 4 choes of oil by the landowners' measure, total 4 choes by the landowners' measure. I, Koiranos, have signed. 14th indiction.
The 'geouchic measure' (geouchikon metron) was a measure used by the landowners' estates, possibly differing from the official public measure. The chous is a liquid measure of roughly 3 litres.
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.