Registre de versements d'huile
Record of deliveries of oil to the tribune and others
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38706
Account of oil delivered to a tribune and his men TM 38706Provenance unknown (Province of Egypt)VII A.D.
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An account of oil handed out by an unnamed agent on behalf of his master, a tribune, covering vouchers, rations for young men (soldiers or retainers) sent to the Thebaid, and amounts given to a vicarius, a notary and others. It totals the oil, offsets an amount held for the master's wages and works out the balance. It dates to the 7th century AD; its provenance is unknown.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† Account of oil given by me to my master the tribune:
for his various vouchers, oil 85 1/8 xestai
and given to the young men who went off
to the Thebaid, oil 22 xestai
and given to the vicarius through Theodoros the notary
and the late Anastasios his brother, 22 xestai
and given to Zacharias the young man going down
to […], 2 xestai
and the amounts owed, for which we made entry
in the accounting office, xestai of oil … 28 xestai
others given to the young men … oil xestai with Theodoros
the notary, 6 xestai ⟦total 159 1/8 xestai⟧ and through Georgios, oil 6 xestai
total 171 1/8 xestai
of which I have for the wages of my master … 150 xestai
remainder 21 1/8 xestai; others credited to Georgios
the oil-maker […] to my master, 6 xestai. Total 15 1/8 xestai.
[verso]
[… 1 line lost …]
The xestes is a liquid measure of roughly half a litre. The "young men" (neoteroi) were probably junior soldiers or servants of the tribune, and the vicarius was his deputy officer. The arithmetic does not fully match the items listed, and the final total of 15 1/8 does not follow clearly from the figures given.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registre de versements d’huile). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.got.18
[r] † λόγος ἐλαίου δοθέντος παρʼ ἐμοῦ τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ τριβούνῳ ὑπὲρ πιττακίων αὐτοῦ διαφόρων ἐλαίου ξέσται πε η καὶ δοθέντος τοῖς νεωτέροις τοῖς ἀπελθοῦσι ἐν Θηβαΐδι ἐλαίου ξέσται κβ καὶ ἐδόθη εἰς τὸν βικάριον διὰ Θεοδώρου νοταρίου καὶ τὸν μακάριον Ἀναστάσιον ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ξέστ…