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τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀπόλλωνι Ψενισοκράτης χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ Παχοῦμις σίτου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ μάτια πέντε γίνονται μάτια ε. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτός, ϛ ἰνδικτίωνος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34603
Order from Psenisokrates to Apollon to deliver grain to Pachoumis TM 34603Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short order on an ostracon in which Psenisokrates instructs Apollon to give Pachoumis five matia of grain, measured by the landowner's measure. It dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD and comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Apollon, Psenisokrates, greetings. Give to Pachoumis 5 matia of grain by the landowner's measure, total 5 matia. I, the same, have signed.
6th indiction.
The mation is a small dry measure. The 'landowner's measure' (geouchikon metron) was a measure used on private estates.
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.