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ιε ἰνδικτίωνος. συνεφώνησε Πουλη δοῦναι τοῖς γεούχοις μόνοις ἐλαίου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόας ἓξ γίνονται γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόες ϛ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ Κοίρανος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34260
Agreement by Poules to deliver oil to the landowners TM 34260Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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A short ostracon recording that a man named Poules agreed to deliver 6 choes of oil to the landowners, countersigned by Koiranos. It dates to the second half of the 4th century AD and comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis.
In English machine translation
15th indiction. Poules agreed to give to the landowners alone 6 choes of oil by the landowners' measure, total 6 choes by the landowners' measure.
I, Koiranos, have signed.
The 'landowners' measure' (geouchikon metron) was a measure used on estates. 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.