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Order from Athanasios to Senouthios for boiled wine for the amir's notaries TM 39674Hermopolites8. Apr. 644

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A short order from Athanasios, a man of illustrious rank, to the notary Senouthios, demanding the immediate dispatch of 150 sextarii of good-quality boiled wine for the three notaries of the Arab amir. It dates to 8 April 644, shortly after the Arab conquest of Egypt, in the Hermopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] † The boiled wine (hepsema) for the 3 notaries of the most glorious amir, that is, 150 sextarii of 4 litrai each: send it at once. And send good boiled wine, so that it is not sent back. But by all means send it at once. Dispatched Pharmouthi 13, at the 9th hour † [verso] † To be delivered to Senouthios, notary † from Athanasios, illustris

Hepsema is wine must boiled down into a sweet, concentrated drink, here measured in sextarii of 4 litrai. The amir is a senior official of the early Arab administration of Egypt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Athanasios a Senouthios notarios (e anystes). Hepsema per il seguito dell’emiro). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 8. Apr. 644 · Hermopolites

[r] † τὸ ἕψημα τῶν νοταρίων γ τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου ἀμιρᾶ τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ξέστας ρν τετραλιτραίους πέμψον εὐθέως καὶ καλὸν ἕψημα πέμψον ἵνα μὴ ἀποστραφῇ. ἀλλὰ πάντως πέμψον αὐτὸ εὐθέως. ἀπελύθη Φαρμοῦθι ιγ ὥρᾳ θ † [v] † ἀποδοθήτω Σενουθίῳ νοταρίῳ † παρὰ Ἀθανασίου ἰλλουστρίου