One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34478

Order from Peteuris to Petechon for delivery of bread TM 34478Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A short order on an ostracon from Peteuris to Petechon, instructing him to issue bread, apparently from the annona supplies, to a man whose name begins Am-. 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 Petechon, Peteuris, greetings. Give to the brother Am[…] […] bread of the annona(?) […] […] Peteuris […] indiction.

The word 'annona' (state-supplied provisions) is restored. The text is catalogued as a payment order, written in letter form.

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.

o.douch.2.143

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πετεχῶντι Πετεῦρις χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμ…[…] ἄρτου ἀννώνας […]………… […]… Πετεῦρις […]… ἰνδικτίωνος.