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τῆς ὥρας α σίτου μάτια ε κριθῆς μάτια ϛ δίμοιρον τῶν ὡρῶν α ἥμισυ σίτου μάτια ζ ἥμισυ κριθῆς ἀρτάβη α ἀφʼ ὧν ἐν πμουν Ταῆ σίτου μάτια ζ ἥμισυ δι Ἀπολ[…] κριθῆς ἀρτάβη α
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34604
Account of wheat and barley for water hours at the well of Tae TM 34604Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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An ostracon account of wheat and barley reckoned by hours, probably of irrigation water from a well, with amounts paid at the well of Tae through a man named Apol[…]. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
For 1 hour: wheat 5 matia, barley 6 2/3 matia.
For 1 1/2 hours: wheat 7 1/2 matia,
barley 1 artaba.
Of which, at the well of Tae: wheat 7 1/2 matia,
through Apol[…]: barley 1 artaba.
The "hours" are probably shares of irrigation water time from a well (pmoun, an Egyptian word for well or spring). The mation is a local 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 Compte de blé et d’orge). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.