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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πανίσκῳ Χρῆστος ἐπιμελητὴς ζ ἰνδικτίωνος. δὸς Ἐπωνίχῳ οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι γίνονται οἴνου ξέσται κ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτὸς Χρῆστος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34625
Order from Chrestos to Paniskos to deliver wine to Eponychos TM 34625Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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An ostracon order for payment in which Chrestos, an epimeletes (supervisor) acting for the 7th indiction, instructs Paniskos to give Eponychos 20 sextarii of wine. 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 Paniskos,
Chrestos, epimeletes of the 7th indiction. Give to Eponychos twenty sextarii of wine,
total 20 sextarii of wine. I, the same Chrestos, have signed.
The epimeletes was an official or agent in charge of supplies or deliveries; the xestes (sextarius) is 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.