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ιδ ἰνδικτίωνος. συνεφώνησεν Πουλη δοῦναι τοῖς γεούχοις ἐλαίου χόας δύο . σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Μακάριος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34259
Agreement by Poule to deliver oil to the landowners TM 34259Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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A short ostracon recording that a man named Poule agreed to deliver two choes of oil to the landowners in the 14th year of the indiction cycle, signed by Makarios. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis (Kharga) and dates to the later 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
14th indiction. Poule agreed to give to the landowners 2 choes of oil. I, Makarios, have signed.
The 'landowners' (geouchoi) were the holders of the estate to whom dues were owed. 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.