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Order from Ioannes to Palamon to deliver wine, tiphagia and oil TM 34369Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A payment order in the form of a letter from Ioannes, who calls himself the father of Palamon, instructing Palamon to issue wine to Joseph and Dios, a quantity of tiphagia, and a measure of oil. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis (Dush), from the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

To my beloved Palamon, Ioannes your father, greetings. Give to Joseph and Dios 1 marion of wine, total 1 marion of wine; and through the son of Akoous 20 tiphagia, total 20 tiphagia. I, Ioannes, have signed. And through the son of Hatres 1 xestes of argyrikelaion, total 1 xestes. Farewell many times. 9th indiction.

Marion is a wine jar measure. Tiphagia and argyrikelaion are obscure commodity terms, the latter apparently a kind of oil, and 'father' may be a title of respect rather than kinship.

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 en forme de lettre). 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 · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

τῷ ἀγαπητῷ Παλάμωνι Ἰωάννης ὁ πατήρ σου χαίρειν. δὸς Ἰωσῆφ καὶ Δίῳ οἴνου μάριον ἓν γίνεται οἴνου μάριον α καὶ διʼ υἱοῦ Ἀκώου τιφάγια εἴκοσι γίνεται τοφάγια κ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἰωάννης· καὶ διʼ υἱοῦ Ἁτρῆους ἀργυρικελαίου ξέστην μίαν γίνεται ξέστης α. ἐρρῶσθαι πολλὰ θ ἰνδικτίωνος.