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Receipt for wine delivered for the annona TM 34392Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A short receipt in which Apollon, a distributor, acknowledges to Agathemeros receiving one marion (a jar measure) of wine for the annona, delivered through Pleis. It dates to the ninth indiction year, in the 4th or early 5th century AD, at Kysis in the Great Oasis.

In English machine translation

To my lord brother Agathemeros, Apollon, distributor (?), greetings. I have received through the brother Pleis, for the annona, 1 marion of wine, total 1 marion of wine. I am ready to account for it. Indiction 9.

The annona was a tax in kind used to supply the army and officials; the marion is a local wine-jar measure. The title abbreviated δια( ) is understood as diadotes, a distributor of rations.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu). 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 κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀγαθημέρῳ Ἀπόλλων διαδότης χαίρειν. ἔσχον διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Πλῆιν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀννώνης οἴνου μάριον ἓν γίνεται οἴνου μάριον α ἑτοίμως ἔχω λογίσασθαι. θ ἰνδικτίωνος.