o.douch.1.8
Πετεχῶν[…] νεια χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ δεῖνι οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι πέντε γίνονται ξέσται κε […] σεσημείωμαι[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34344
Order for delivery of wine TM 34344Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short order on an ostracon from Petechon instructing someone to deliver 25 sextarii of wine to a recipient whose name is lost. It comes from Kysis in the Great (Kharga) Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Petechon […] to […]neia, greetings. [Give to so-and-so] of wine [25] sextarii,
total 25 sextarii […]
I have signed […]
The quantity 25 is preserved only in the total line; the instruction to give is restored. The sextarius (xestes) was a liquid measure of roughly half a litre.
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.