Order for Payment
Order for delivery of wheat
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42201
Order to deliver wheat to Nekth(…) son of Petesouchos TM 42201UnknownIst century A.D.
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A short order on an ostracon from Apollonios to Pammenes, instructing him to measure out 1 1/2 choinikes of wheat to Nekth(…) son of Petesouchos, charged to the account of Apion. It is dated Year 3, Hathyr 18, in the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Apollonios to Pammenes, greetings. Measure out to Nekth(…) son of Petesouchos, on the account of Apion, one and a half choinikes of wheat, total 1 1/2 choinikes of wheat.
Year 3, Hathyr 18.
The choinix was a small dry measure, roughly a day's ration of grain. The recipient's name is abbreviated (Nekth…) and its full form is uncertain.
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.1.43
Ἀπολλώνιος Παμμένῃ χαίρειν. μέτρησον Νεκθ Πετεσούχου εἰς λόγον Ἀπίωνος πυροῦ χοίνικα μίαν ἥμισυ, γίνεται πυροῦ χοῖνιξ α 𐅵. ἔτους γ Ἁθὺρ ιη.