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Order for delivery of wine to Johannes TM 87654Wadi Sarga6thC-8thC
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A Coptic ostracon from the monastery at Wadi Sarga ordering the delivery of 3 large and 15 small jars of wine to a certain Johannes, issued through Apa Enoch. It is dated Thoth 1 of a third indiction and was written by Phoibammon.
In English machine translation
† (Ostracon) of Apa Mena (?). † Through Apa Enoch his father: Be so kind as to give 3 jars (phora) of wine and 15 small (lahe) of wine to my brother Johannes the vinedresser (?).
Total: wine, 3 large, 15 small. † Written Thoth 1, third indiction. †
† I, Enoch, agree.
† Written by me, Phoibammon.
The opening is uncertain; the name Mena is partly restored. The Coptic word rendered 'vinedresser' (hamake) is of uncertain meaning, and phora and lahe are wine-jar measures without exact English equivalents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Financial-legal text.). 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.sarga.171
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