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Agreement of Sarapion for delivery of oil to a landowner TM 34262Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV

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An ostracon recording that Sarapion agreed to deliver oil measured by the landowner's measure, with an extra half chous as a gratuity (philanthropon) for the landowner. It is dated to a ninth indiction and signed by Mauros; it comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

Sarapion agreed (to deliver) of oil, by the landowner's measure, 1 1/2 1/4 choes, (and) for the landowner as a gratuity, 1/2 chous. Of the ninth indiction. I, Mauros, have signed.

The quantity 1 1/2 1/4 choes means 1 3/4 choes. The philanthropon is a customary gratuity paid in addition to the main amount.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte IV · Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)

συνεφώνησεν Σαραπίων ἐλαίου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ χόας ἕνα ἥμισυ τέταρτον μέρος τῷ γεούχῳ φιλανθρώπου χόυν ἥμισυ. τῆς ἐνάτης ἰνδικτίωνος. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Μαῦρος