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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πεϊῶ Σερῆνος χαίρειν. ἀπὸ τῶν παρὰ σοὶ σίτου γεουχικῶν ἀρταβῶν εἴκοσι δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Μακαρίῳ σίτου ἀρτάβας δώδεκα μάτια πέντε γίνονται ἀρτάβαι ιβ μάτια ε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34442
Order from Serenos to Peio to deliver wheat to Makarios TM 34442Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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An ostracon carrying a payment order in which Serenos instructs Peio to give Makarios 12 artabas 5 matia of wheat out of the 20 artabas of the landowner's wheat that Peio holds. It was found at Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Peio,
Serenos, greetings. From the 20 artabas of landowner's wheat held by you, give to the brother Makarios 12 artabas 5 matia of wheat, total 12 artabas 5 matia.
I pray for your health for many years.
"Landowner's wheat" (geouchikos) refers to grain belonging to or due to a large landowner's estate. The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba.
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.