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Order from the exactores to deliver wine to a tribune's staff TM 34724unbekanntIV

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An ostracon order issued by the exactores (tax officials) instructing Didymos, the epimeletes, to deliver four kolobia of wine to the staff of a tribune for the 8th indiction. It is countersigned by two exactores, Peisistratos and Porieuthes, and dates to the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

From the exactores, Didymos to the epimeletes: give to the officials (officiales) of the tribune 4 kolobia of wine, for the 8th indiction. I, Peisistratos, exactor, have signed. I, Porieuthes, exactor, have signed.

A kolobion (kolobon) was a type of wine jar used as a measure; the exact capacity is uncertain. The first line could also mean that Didymos is one of the exactores issuing the order, with the addressee being an unnamed epimeletes.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV

παρὰ τῶν ἐξακτόρων Δίδυμος ἐπιμελητῇ· δὸς τοῖς ὀφφικιαλίοις τοῦ τριβούνου οἴνου κόλοβα τέσσαρα ὑπὲρ η ἰνδικτίονος. Πεισίστρατος ἐξάκτωρ σεσημείωμαι. Ποριεύθης ἐξάκτωρ σεσημείωμαι.