One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144572

Record of a sack of one artaba for Aristophas in the squad of Mouis TM 144572DidymoiI - 1. Hälfte II

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A short ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert recording a sack holding 1 artaba, associated with a man named Aristophas son of Kronios in the squad (dekania) of Mouis. It probably documents a grain delivery or ration.

In English machine translation

(Squad of the dekanos) Mouis son of Pane…res Aristophas son of Kronios sack: 1 artaba.

A dekania was a small military unit under a decurion (dekanos); the father's name of Mouis is only partly legible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · I - 1. Hälfte II · Didymoi

δεκανίας Μοῦις Πανε…ρεος Ἀριστοφᾶς Κρονίου σάκκος ἀρτάβη α.