p.lond.5.1803
Ἡρακλάμμων ἐπίσκοπος Βασιλείδῃ παραλημπτῇ· παράσχου Ἰωάννῃ σίτου ἀρτάβας δύο, γίνονται σίτου β μόναι. Θὼθ[…]. † Ἡρακλάμμων ἐπίσκοπος συμφωνεῖ σίτου ἀρτάβας δύο .
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36953
Order from Bishop Heraklammon for payment of wheat to Ioannes TM 36953unbekanntVI
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A short order in which Bishop Heraklammon instructs Basileides, a receiver of grain, to give two artabas of wheat to Ioannes. The bishop confirms the order in a subscription. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
Heraklammon, bishop, to Basileides, receiver:
Provide to Ioannes two artabas of wheat, total 2 artabas of wheat only. Thoth […].
† I, Heraklammon, bishop, agree: two artabas of wheat.
A paralemptes was an official or agent who received and held grain stores; here he pays out on the bishop's instruction. The day of the month after Thoth is lost.
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.