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Receipt for delivery of chaff to a cavalry unit TM 128422Theben (?)

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Fragmentary ostracon receipt recording a delivery to a Roman cavalry unit (ala) on behalf of Chabonchonsis son of Horos for the produce of year 8. The catalogue identifies it as a receipt for chaff or straw, probably from Thebes.

In English machine translation

You have delivered to the ala (cavalry unit), in the name of Chabonchonsis son of Horos, for the crop of year 8 [… 4 lines lost …] …

The commodity (straw or chaff) is lost in the surviving text and comes from the catalogue title. An ala was an auxiliary cavalry regiment of the Roman army.

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). 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.stras.2.898

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theben (?)

Παρεκόμισας εἰς τὴν εἴλην ὀνόματος Χαβονχώνσιος Ὥρου ὑπὲρ γενήματος η [… 4 lines lost …] .