o.ashm.97
Θεοπέμπτῳ καὶ Ζαχαρίᾳ …τ… παράσχεσθε πα…κ… πωμ εἰς …οτρ… τῶν κοι… πωμαριτῶν ὀρόβου ἀρτάβην μίαν γίνεται ὀρόβου α μόνη. Παχὼν ζ ἰνδικτίονος … γίνεται ὀρόβου ἀρτάβη α. θέων στοιχεῖ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70545
Order to supply one artaba of bitter vetch for orchard workers TM 70545Hermonthis619 - 629
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A short order on an ostracon instructing Theopemptos and Zacharias to supply one artaba of bitter vetch, apparently for orchard workers. It is dated Pachon 7 and signed by Theon, from Hermonthis in the early 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
To Theopemptos and
Zacharias […], supply
[…] for the […]
of the […] orchard-keepers (?), of bitter vetch
1 artaba, total 1 artaba of bitter vetch only.
Pachon 7, indiction […], total 1 artaba of bitter vetch.
I, Theon, agree.
The word expanded as pomaritai (orchard-keepers or fruit-growers) is abbreviated and surrounded by illegible traces. Orobos is bitter vetch, a legume used as fodder and food.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.