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An order for payment in kind from Stephanos, Damianos and Konstantinos to the oil-seller Menas, telling him to supply 12 xestai of oil for the expenses of various people travelling to Alexandria with them and their "most glorious" father. It is dated Mesore 24 of a fourth indiction and comes from the Arsinoite nome in the 6th or 7th century AD.
The xestes was a liquid measure of roughly half a litre. The title "most glorious" (endoxotatos) suggests the senders' father was a high-ranking official or landowner.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsauftrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † Στέφανος καὶ Δαμιανὸς καὶ Κωνσταντῖνος Μηνᾷ ἐλαιοπράτῃ· παράσχου εἰς ἀνάλωμα διαφόρων προσώπων παραγινομένων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἅμα ἡμῖν καὶ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ ἡμῶν πατρὶ ἐλαίου ξεστία ιβ †. Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος δ. † γίνεται ἐλαίου ξεστία δεκαδύο †. [v] † Μεσορὴ κδ ἐλαίου ξεστία ιβ…
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