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τῷ κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Σιππᾷ Ἰσοκράτης ἐπιμελητὴς οἴνου γ ἰνδικτίωνος χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ Ἀβρααμίῳ Παχοῦμ Πεβῶτος οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι γίνονται οἴνου ξέσται κ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Ἄπιδος. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτὸς γ ἰνδικτίονος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34388
Order from Isokrates to Sippas to deliver wine to Abraamios TM 34388Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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An order for payment in kind on an ostracon, in which Isokrates, superintendent of wine for the 3rd indiction, instructs Sippas to give 20 sextarii of wine to Abraamios son of Pachoum on behalf of Apis. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Sippas, Isokrates, superintendent of wine for the 3rd indiction, greetings.
Give to Abraamios son of Pachoum son of Pebos twenty sextarii of wine, total 20 sextarii of wine, on behalf of brother Apis.
I, the same, have signed, 3rd indiction.
The sextarius (xestes) was a liquid measure of roughly half a litre. The indiction was a 15-year fiscal cycle used for dating.
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.