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An account of meat purchased for religious feasts, listing quantities in pounds and their cost in talents. It mentions the feasts of the Protomartyr (Stephen), Saint Apa Victor and a visit to the shrine of Saint Apa Phoibammon, and meat given to a brother Eudoxios travelling for the grain shipment. It dates to the 5th century AD.
The price is consistently 160 talents per pound, though the figure in line 3 (608) is slightly off. The embole was the compulsory grain shipment to the state; the 'Protomartyr' is presumably St Stephen.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conto di spese per feste religiose). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
λόγος τοῦ κρέως· ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πρωτομάρτυρος κρέως λιτρῶν γ τάλαντα υνϛ …ισ…ην κρέως τῆς αὐτῆς ἑορτῆς λιτρῶν δ τάλαντα χη εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν τοῦ ἁγίου Ἄπα Βίκτορος εἰς λόγον ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν παίδων λιτρῶν ε 𐅵 τάλαντα ωπ …ε…ν εἰς λόγον ἡμῶν ἀπελθόντων εἰς τὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἄπα Φοιβάμμωνοςἐν …
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