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A badly damaged ostracon from Trimithis in the Great Oasis, written on both sides and probably a letter. Only scattered words survive, including a mention of 12 artabas of wheat, the phrase "from us", and a name beginning Antino-.
The identification as a letter is tentative. "Antino[…]" may be a personal name such as Antinoos or a reference to the city of Antinoopolis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[side concave] εαν[…] προσ…[…] λι[…]λλα…[…] σίτου ἀρτάβας ιβ εα…[…] α …[…]… ε…ρκ…[…] τ…αὐτοῦ […] δύο τῆς αὐτῆς […] τ…[…] παρ’ ἡμῶν […] … […] [side convex] εἰς …[…] κα… αρια ταυτ[…] … […] … νεια …[…] …[…]…ριο…ε…[…] … Ἀντινο[…] θεοῦ ἐπε…[…] συνορίου […] ἐὰν …[…] κ…[…] θ[…]
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