One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 999687

Order from Kyrakos to Theon to supply wine to Cornelius and others TM 999687Oxyrhynchos (Ägypten, Oxyrhynchites)IV

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A short order from Kyrakos instructing Theon to issue eight jars of wine to Cornelius and his companions. It belongs to a group of texts connected with chariot racing at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

Kyrakos to Theon, greetings. Give to Cornelius and the others 8 jars of wine, 8 jars only. Kyrakos. Pharmouthi 1

The text is a delivery order (a common type of short instruction to release goods), here from an archive related to the circus factions of Oxyrhynchus. The name Kyrakos is a variant spelling of Kyriakos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as New texts from the Oxyrhynchus racing archive). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Oxyrhynchos (Ägypten, Oxyrhynchites)

Κυρακὸς Θέωνι χαίρειν. δὸς Κορνηλίῳ καὶ ἑτέροις οἴνου κεράμια ὀκτώ, κεράμια η μόνα· Κυρακὸς . Φαρμοῦθι α