Ostracon receipt recording the delivery of a quarter load of chaff to a military cohort on behalf of Horos son of Petechespochrates, for the harvest of year 19 of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. It was issued at Thebes in June 179.
In English machine translation
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Delivered to the cohort in the name of Horos son of Petechespochrates: one quarter load of chaff, total 1/4 load,
for the collection district of Thmon…, for the produce of year 19
of the Aurelii Antoninus and Commodus, the lords Caesars,
Epeiph 10. Apol…[…]…
The record describes the ostracon as also bearing a note in Demotic, not given in this edition. The sign read here as 'quarter' (δ) indicates 1/4 of a gomos, a standard load.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de paille avec note en démotique). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.