One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 372114

Memorandum for delivery of dates by Korax son of Psais TM 372114Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

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A short ostracon memorandum recording quantities of dates associated with Korax son of Psais, including 4 matia sent to Mothis for the mistress of the house. It comes from Trimithis in the Dakhla Oasis.

In English machine translation

Korax son of Psais: of dates, 8 artabas 5 matia; to Mothis, 4 matia, for the mistress of the house.

The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. Mothis was the chief town of the Dakhla Oasis.

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

o.trim.2.496

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

Κόραξ Ψάιτος φοινίκων ἀρτάβας η μάτια ε εἰς Μῶθιν μάτια δ τῇ οἰκοδεσποίνᾳ.