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Order for delivery of 20 sextarii of wine to Toteus TM 34324ElephantineIV

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A short order for payment or delivery on an ostracon, issued by Paulos, a cornicularius (an officer's adjutant), directing that 20 sextarii of wine be given to Toteus son of Serap[…]. It comes from Elephantine and dates to the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

Paulos, cornicularius, Lysis (?) […] to Toteus son of Serap[…] […] twenty sextarii [of wine, total 20 sextarii of wine] only. I, Paulos, have signed.

A cornicularius was a staff officer serving as adjutant to a commander or official. The second name in line 1 (Lysis) and the commodity, wine, are partly restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de paiement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.eleph.wagner.316

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Elephantine

Παῦλος κορνικουλάριος Λῦσις[…] Τοτεῇ Σεραπ-[…]οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι γίνονται οἴνου ξέσται κ μόνος. σεσημείωμαιἐγὼ Παῦλος.