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Ἀνδρόνικος Παᾶπις γεωργῷ μου χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Π…[…] σησάμου μάτια δύο ἥμισυ γίνονται μάτια β ἥμισυ …
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A short order on an ostracon from Andronikos to his farmer Paapis, instructing him to give two and a half matia of sesame to a brother whose name is damaged. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
The mation is a small dry measure used especially in the Oases. 'Brother' may be a sibling or a monk.
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.
Ἀνδρόνικος Παᾶπις γεωργῷ μου χαίρειν. δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Π…[…] σησάμου μάτια δύο ἥμισυ γίνονται μάτια β ἥμισυ …
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