Order for Payment
Order for delivery of wheat
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42168
Order to deliver wheat to Mesthas son of Horos TM 42168UnknownIst century A.D.
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A short order on an ostracon from Apollonios to Pammenes, instructing him to measure out half a choinix of wheat to Mesthas son of Horos, charged to the account of Apion. It dates to the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Apollonios to Pammenes, greetings. Measure out to Mesthas son of Horos, on the account of Apion,
1/2 choinix of wheat, total 1/2 choinix of wheat.
Year 3, Hathyr 18 (?).
The day of the dating line is partly restored and uncertain. A choinix was a small dry measure, roughly a daily grain ration.
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.
o.mich.1.40
Ἀπολλώνιος Παμμένῃ χαίρειν. μέτρησον Μεσθᾷ Ὥρου εἰς λόγον Ἀπίωνος πυροῦχοίνικος ἥμισυ, γίνεται πυροῦ χοίνικος 𐅵. ἔτους γ Ἁθὺρ αη.