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τῷ κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἀνδρονίκῳ Ἀννουμέρις Ὀλβίου διαδότης α ἰνδικτίωνος χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἀφροδισίῳ πριμικηρίῳ οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι γίνονται οἴνου ξέσται κ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτός
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34613
Order to deliver wine to the primicerius Aphrodisios TM 34613Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short payment order on an ostracon in which Annoumeris son of Olbios, a distributor for the first indiction, instructs Andronikos to deliver 20 sextarii of wine to Aphrodisios, a primicerius. 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 Andronikos,
Annoumeris son of Olbios, distributor of the 1st indiction, greetings. Give to my lord Aphrodisios, primicerius, twenty sextarii of wine, total 20 sextarii of wine. I, the same, have signed.
A diadotes was an official responsible for distributing supplies, often military rations; a primicerius was the senior-ranking officer or clerk of a unit or office. The sextarius (xestes) was a liquid measure of roughly half a litre.
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.