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Account of bread and wine rations for workmen TM 128664Oxyrhynchites (?)2. Hälfte VI

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Fragment of an account recording rations of bread loaves and wine issued to groups of workmen, apparently connected with a visit by an agricultural assistant. It dates to the second half of the 6th century AD and probably comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] by the agricultural assistant (?) who came, on condition that […] other items as follows: […] 60 men, 400 loaves, […] knidia of wine […] […] 24 men, 92 loaves, 4 knidia of wine […] […] 36 men, 144 loaves, 7 knidia of wine […] […] 27 men, 108 loaves, 5 knidia of wine […] […] 12 men, 48 loaves, […] knidia of wine […] […]

Most entries give 4 loaves (psomia) per man; the knidion was a standard wine jar measure. The phrase 'agricultural assistant' renders an abbreviated agroikos boethos and is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brötchen und Wein für Arbeiter). 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 · 2. Hälfte VI · Oxyrhynchites (?)

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