An order from Nemesianus to Severus to issue the monthly allowances of wheat and wine for Pachon to slaves and estate staff, including extra wine for the Pachon festival. Written at Oxyrhynchus on 25 May 260.
In English machine translation
Nemesianus to Severus, greetings.
Give to those listed below for the allowance of the current month Pachon: to Doras the slave-boy 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Threptos, another, 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Nepheros 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Hermeros 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Nicetes 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Tychanos the collector 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine, and for the festival of Pachon the 1 keramion customarily given to him; to Psenamounis, overseer of the vine-dressers, 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Apion the manager 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Ammonios likewise 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to Silvanus 1 artaba of wheat, 1 keramion of wine; to yourself and your assistant 2 artabas of wheat, 3 keramia of wine, 1 keramion of vinegar, and for the festival of Pachon according to custom 1 keramion. Total: wheat of the produce of year 5, 12 artabas; wine of the produce of year 6, from what was left over by the merchants at the estate of Magdolon, 15 keramia; vinegar 1 keramion.
Farewell, and give the twelve artabas of wheat and fifteen keramia of wine and one keramion of vinegar; total, 12 artabas of wheat, 15 keramia, 1 of vinegar. Year 7, Pachon 30.
The syntaxis is a regular monthly ration allowance paid in kind to estate workers. A keramion is a wine jar used as a unit of measure.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Issue Wheat and Wine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.