o.did.24
Κύλινδρος μονομάχος ἐλθὼν μετὰ διπλώματος· ἄρτων ζεύγη β, Φαμενωθ ιζ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144591
Bread ration for the gladiator Kylindros travelling with a permit TM 144591Didymoi
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An ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert recording that a gladiator named Kylindros, arriving with an official travel permit, was issued two pairs of loaves on Phamenoth 17. It belongs to the records of the official post and supply system of the desert road.
In English machine translation
Kylindros, gladiator, having come with a travel permit (diploma): 2 pairs of loaves, Phamenoth 17.
A diploma was an official pass entitling the bearer to use the state post and receive provisions along the route. The Greek word for gladiator (monomachos) is unusual in a desert supply record.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as La poste officielle). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.