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οἴνου Ὀασιτικοῦ σπαθία δ, ἐντοπίου σπαθία δ, ὄρνεα β, δέλφαξ, ἄρτων καθαρῶν ἀρτάβη α [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 35620
List of provisions including Oasis wine, fowl and a piglet TM 35620OxyrhynchosV
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A short list of provisions: Oasis wine and local wine in jars, two birds, a piglet and an artaba's worth of fine bread. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Of Oasis wine, 4 spathia;
of local (wine), 4 spathia;
2 birds;
a piglet;
of pure (white) loaves, 1 artaba
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A spathion was a small wine jar. 'Oasis wine' came from the Western Desert oases and was more highly valued than the 'local' wine listed beside it.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Commodities). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.