One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 131053
Account of barley and jars TM 131053Trimithis (Amheida)ca. 350-370
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A very fragmentary ostracon from Trimithis (Amheida) in the Dakhla Oasis, probably an account. It records 6 artabas of barley against a partly lost personal name and 4 jars of an unnamed commodity. It dates to about AD 350-370.
In English machine translation
[concave side]
[…]ios, barley, 6 artabas
[…]
[…]
4 jars
[…] 2
[…]
[convex side]
[…]
Only a few words survive on the concave side and nothing legible on the convex side; the identification as an account is tentative. The jars (keramia) were standard containers, but their contents are not stated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.