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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πανίσκῳ Χρῆστος ἐπιμελητὴς ζ ἰνδικτίωνος. δὸς Ἐσκασώθης οἴνου ξέστας εἴκοσι γίνονται οἴνου ξέσται κ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτὸς Χρῆστος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34637
Order from Chrestos to Paniskos to supply wine to Eskasothes TM 34637Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short order on an ostracon in which Chrestos, an epimeletes (overseer), instructs Paniskos to give 20 xestai of wine to Eskasothes in a 7th indiction year. 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, 7th indiction.
Give to Eskasothes twenty xestai of wine, total 20 xestai of wine.
I, the same Chrestos, have signed.
An epimeletes was a manager or overseer, here apparently responsible for supplies. The 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.